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The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.
Lance Morrow

Meaning of "flapped" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAPPED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAPPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flapped is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flapped in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLAPPED

PRESENT

Present
I flap
you flap
he/she/it flaps
we flap
you flap
they flap
Present continuous
I am flapping
you are flapping
he/she/it is flapping
we are flapping
you are flapping
they are flapping
Present perfect
I have flapped
you have flapped
he/she/it has flapped
we have flapped
you have flapped
they have flapped
Present perfect continuous
I have been flapping
you have been flapping
he/she/it has been flapping
we have been flapping
you have been flapping
they have been flapping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flapped
you flapped
he/she/it flapped
we flapped
you flapped
they flapped
Past continuous
I was flapping
you were flapping
he/she/it was flapping
we were flapping
you were flapping
they were flapping
Past perfect
I had flapped
you had flapped
he/she/it had flapped
we had flapped
you had flapped
they had flapped
Past perfect continuous
I had been flapping
you had been flapping
he/she/it had been flapping
we had been flapping
you had been flapping
they had been flapping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flap
you will flap
he/she/it will flap
we will flap
you will flap
they will flap
Future continuous
I will be flapping
you will be flapping
he/she/it will be flapping
we will be flapping
you will be flapping
they will be flapping
Future perfect
I will have flapped
you will have flapped
he/she/it will have flapped
we will have flapped
you will have flapped
they will have flapped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flapping
you will have been flapping
he/she/it will have been flapping
we will have been flapping
you will have been flapping
they will have been flapping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flapped
you would flapped
he/she/it would flapped
we would flapped
you would flapped
they would flapped
Conditional continuous
I would be flapping
you would be flapping
he/she/it would be flapping
we would be flapping
you would be flapping
they would be flapping
Conditional perfect
I would have flapped
you would have flapped
he/she/it would have flapped
we would have flapped
you would have flapped
they would have flapped
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flapping
you would have been flapping
he/she/it would have been flapping
we would have been flapping
you would have been flapping
they would have been flapping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flap
we let´s flap
you flap
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flap
Past participle
flapped
Present Participle
flapping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAPPED

flannels
flannen
Flannery
flanny
flap
flapdoodle
flaperon
flapjack
flapless
flappable
flapper
flapperhood
flapperish
flapping
flappy
flaptrack
flare
flare path
flare star
flare-up

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAPPED

capped
handicapped
happed
kidnapped
mapped
mentally handicapped
overlapped
rapped
recapped
scrapped
slapped
snapped
stopped
strapped
swapped
tapped
trapped
uncapped
untapped
unwrapped
wrapped

Synonyms and antonyms of flapped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLAPPED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flapped» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flapped
agitate · agitation · apron · bang · banging · beat · beating · commotion · cover · covering · dither · flail · fluster · flutter · fly · fold · fuss · lapel · lappet · overlap · panic · shake · skirt · state · stew · sweat · swing · swinging · swish · tab · tail · thrash · thresh · tizzy · twitter · vibrate · wag · wave

Translation of «flapped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAPPED

Find out the translation of flapped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flapped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flapped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拍打
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aleteó
570 millions of speakers

English

flapped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फड़फड़ाते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خافق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

захлопали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

batiam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flapped
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rabattue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flapped
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flatterte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

펄럭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flapped
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flapped
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फडफड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flapped
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbatté
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzepotały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заплескали
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flutura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flapped
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flaxade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flakset
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flapped

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAPPED»

The term «flapped» is regularly used and occupies the 102.670 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAPPED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flapped» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flapped» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flapped

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «FLAPPED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flapped.
1
Lance Morrow
The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.
2
Scott Stossel
Some people say that in stressful situations I can seem unflappable, and I think that's partly because I'm always kind of internally flapped.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAPPED»

Discover the use of flapped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flapped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Design and experimental results for a flapped ...
The basic objective of combining the high maximum lift of the NASA low speed airfoils with the low cruise drag of the NACA 6 series airfoils has been achieved.
Dan M. Somers, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1981
2
An Investigation of the Trailing Vortex System Generated by ...
The purpose of the investigation was to measure the geometry of the trailing vortex generated behind a jet-flapped wing.
Barnes Warnock McCormick, William Jacob Schumacher, 1970
3
Principles of Phonetics
9.7 Transitional aspects: flapped, tapped and trilled fricatives The flapped, tapped and trilled aspects of articulation were descrihed in the preceding chapter on stops. One articulatory difference hetween a flapped stop and a flapped fricative ...
John Laver, 1994
4
Narrative: A Critical Linguistic Introduction
Isenthimback. So they sent me a ... [flapped picture of a frog]. He was too jumpy! I sent him back. So they sent me a ... [flapped picture of a monkey]. He was too naughty! sent him back. So they sent me a ... [flapped picture ofasnake]. He was too ...
Michael J Toolan, 2013
5
European Languages I, Romance Languages: Daniel Jones ...
|r| Voiced alveolar flapped. The action is exactly the same as that of the rolled sound [rr], except that it consists of one single tap instead of a series of taps. The sound is used by some English people between vowels, that is to say in words like ...
Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mess, 2002
6
Coaching Up and Down the Generations
I flapped a bit more and asked, well, what's keeping us from do- ing this? To make this long story short, I applied for a few jobs in Seattle, got an offer from a company that included full relocation benefits, and within six weeks we were living in ...
Lisa Haneberg, 2010
7
Acoustic Phonetics: A Course of Basic Readings
Both the flapped and the rolled tip-of-tongue voiced [r] are used in Polish (without phonemic distinction, by the way). Intervocalically a flapped [r] is represented by a single segment, lasting about 20-25 ms, showing considerable reduction of ...
D. B. Fry, 2009
8
An Investigation of Discharge and Thrust Characteristics of ...
The discharge and force characteristics of a group of flapped auxiliary air outlets, rectangular in cross section, have been investigated over a range of Mach numbers from 0.40 to 1.90.
Allen R. Vick, 1957
9
The Squirrel's Goblet
The duck flapped its wings briefly and then stopped again, perhaps discouraged or tired from his ordeal. There was no way of telling how long he had been stuck in the ice. Dad began calling and clapping his hands, making enough racket to ...
Phyllis Ann Muzeroll, 2002
10
Cold Spirits: Greed Vs. Passion
Direx flapped his wings. “Arrrrrrr . . . I'm pissed.” Emele stood up as Direx flapped his wings harder and faster. Emele's hair started to pull back from the wind as Jeen's dress quivered. Patter frowned from the cold air thrusting, on his body.
Marques Peterson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAPPED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flapped is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Danny Salazar, Francisco Lindor, Michael Brantley push Cleveland …
Pomeranz flapped his arms, Diaz flapped back. After two fouls, Lindor took a pitch out of the zone. Lindor fouled, then watched another wide ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
2
Another Hafeez century derails Sri Lanka
The next ball, a Free Hit, was flapped straight into the lap of mid-on. But Dilshan could not push on. Lahiru Thirimanne and Tharanga did not ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
3
Victoria City Hall goes postal as film crew takes over
While the Canadian flag flapped high above city hall outside, American flags dominated the decor in the room upstairs adjacent to a holding ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
4
Hundreds gather to celebrate life of Flight for Life pilot Patrick Mahany
... ceremony, two Flight For Life helicopters flew over the amphitheater, circling around the mountains as the American flag flapped in the wind. «Summit Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Teri Orr: A bird song...
The bird flapped its wings and I held my palm open and it flew a few inches and fell again. So I picked it up and kept humming. It seemed calm ... «The Park Record, Jul 15»
6
UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS: Pterodactyl report from Baxter County …
“When I first saw it, it was just sort of gliding, but after a bit it had dropped several feet and flapped its wings about five or six times to regain ... «Christian County Headliner News, Jul 15»
7
Tour de France fan displays are must-see
Hundreds of fans coordinated to depict a French rooster, which, yes, even flapped its blue and red wings. To see the display in action, click ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
Jason Pierre-Paul has worn out welcome with New York Giants
Throughout last winter, I flapped my gums on radio/TV -- and wrote on NFL.com -- that the Giants should let JPP go. Simply let him walk away ... «NFL.com, Jul 15»
9
Farmers usually see interesting things in nature
The young hawks preened quite a bit, flapped their flight feathers and took in an arboreal world. A songbird concert was in progress. The chicks ... «Ithaca Journal, Jul 15»
10
South Carolina's Confederate flag comes down as history of hate …
He pointed, and true enough, the object itself flapped on its pole, placid and impotent. It featured a blue St Andrew's Cross on a red field, with a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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