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The sound of a million butterflies flapping their wings is indescribable. It's very heavenly.
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Meaning of "flapping" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAPPING

flapping  [ˈflæpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAPPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flapping 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 flapping in English.

WHAT DOES FLAPPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intervocalic alveolar flapping

Intervocalic alveolar flapping is a phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially North American English and Australian English, by which either or both prevocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap after sonorants other than /ŋ/, /m/, and /l/. ▪ after vowel: butter ▪ after r: barter ▪ after l: faculty The term "flap" is often used as a synonym for the term "tap", but the two can be distinguished phonetically. A flap involves a rapid movement of the tongue tip from a retracted vertical position to a horizontal position, during which the tongue tip brushes the alveolar ridge. A tap involves a rapid upward and downward movement of the tongue tip, the upward movement being voluntary and the lowering involuntary. The sound referred to here is the alveolar tap, not the flap, and hence "tapping" is the correct term from a phonetic point of view. However, no languages are known to contrast taps and flaps, and the term "flapping" is ingrained in much of the phonological literature, so it is retained here. Flapping/tapping is a specific type of lenition, specifically intervocalic weakening.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLAPPING

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 flapping
you would flapping
he/she/it would flapping
we would flapping
you would flapping
they would flapping
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 flapping
you would have flapping
he/she/it would have flapping
we would have flapping
you would have flapping
they would have flapping
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 RHYME WITH FLAPPING


bitch-slapping
ˈbɪtʃˌslæpɪŋ
capping
ˈkæpɪŋ
clapping
ˈklæpɪŋ
giftwrapping
ˈɡɪftræpɪŋ
happing
ˈhæpɪŋ
interlapping
ˌɪntəˈlæpɪŋ
kidnaping
ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ
kidnapping
ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ
lapping
ˈlæpɪŋ
mapping
ˈmæpɪŋ
nonoverlapping
ˌnɒnəʊvəˈlæpɪŋ
overlapping
ˈəʊvəˌlæpɪŋ
rapping
ˈræpɪŋ
recapping
ˌriːˈkæpɪŋ
scrapping
ˈskræpɪŋ
shiplapping
ˈʃɪpˌlæpɪŋ
strapping
ˈstræpɪŋ
tapping
ˈtæpɪŋ
unwrapping
ʌnˈræpɪŋ
wrapping
ˈræpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAPPING

flap
flapdoodle
flaperon
flapjack
flapless
flappable
flapped
flapper
flapperhood
flapperish
flappy
flaptrack
flare
flare path
flare star
flare-up
flareback
flared
flares
flaringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAPPING

camping
clipping
dipping
dripping
dropping
flipping
home shopping
hopping
popping
propping
ripping
shipping
shopping
skipping
slipping
stepping
stopping
stripping
swapping
tipping
topping

Synonyms and antonyms of flapping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLAPPING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flapping» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flapping
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 «flapping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAPPING

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aleteo
570 millions of speakers

English

flapping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फड़फड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترفرف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хлопая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

batendo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাপটায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

battement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengepak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Flattern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

羽ばたき
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

펄럭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flapping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỗ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flapping
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फडफड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çırparak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbattimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzepotanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ляскаючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aripi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χτύπημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wapper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flaxande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flagrende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flapping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAPPING»

The term «flapping» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.019 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAPPING» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «FLAPPING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flapping.
1
Louie Schwartzberg
The sound of a million butterflies flapping their wings is indescribable. It's very heavenly.
2
Campbell Scott
I'm not a big one for lots of genitals flapping in the films.
3
David Tennant
To me, it feels like 'The Doctor' has to have a long coat, and that's something imprinted on me from childhood, because he always did. And there's something heroic in a flapping coat, but at the same time, I need to get rid of it sometimes and just be a scrawny guy in a suit that doesn't quite fit.
4
Lewis Thomas
It is a distortion, with something profoundly disloyal about it, to picture the human being as a teetering, fallible contraption, always needing watching and patching, always on the verge of flapping to pieces.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAPPING»

Discover the use of flapping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flapping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Flapping, Ratcheting, Bursting, and Tumbling: A Selection of ...
This work is separated into two parts, each focusing on problems in one of two fluid regimes: the intermediate Reynolds number regime, where inertia and viscous dissipation are both important, and the low Reynolds number regime, where ...
Saverio E. Spagnolie, 2008
2
Flapping: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.ndash;CiceroYou have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.ndash;Orison ...
‎2008
3
On the Mechanism of Forward Motion During Flapping Flight: ...
It is known for example from the flight of birds, that vertical flapping can sustain horizontal forward flight. In this work we consider a pair of thin flat wings in a periodic two-dimensional domain.
Shih-Ting Huang, 2007
4
Influence of Structural Flexibility on Flapping Wing Propulsion
The results of this work, and the set of computational tools that were developed, will be incorporated into a design and optimization framework for micro-aerial vehicles currently being developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Aaron M. McClung, 2009
5
Optimization of the Aerodynamics of Small-scale Flapping ...
To conclude, some preliminary design tools for flapping wings in forward and hovering flight are presented in this thesis.
Sidney Lebental, 2008
6
Development and Testing of Computational Models of a ...
Numerical tests conducted separately on the fluid and structural models of each system are presented. These are done to study their character and check if their behavior seems physical since no corresponding experimental data is available.
Meir Messingher Lang, 2011
7
An Introduction to Flapping Wing Aerodynamics
[488] U. Gulcat, “Propulsive force of a flexible flapping thin airfoil,” Journal of Aircraft, vol. 46, pp. 465—473, 2009. [489] J .-M. Miao and M.-H. Ho, “Effect of flexure on aerodynamic propulsive efficiency of flapping flexible airfoil,” Journal of ...
Wei Shyy, Hikaru Aono, Chang-kwon Kang, 2013
8
Design of Bio-inspired Flexible Flapping Wing for MAV ...
Motivated by the demands for indoor reconnaissance in confined, hazardous, or inaccessible spaces, like tunnels, machine rooms, staircases etc., there has been much interest, over the past decade towards the design of hand-held- micro air ...
Arun Agrawal, 2008
9
Development and Investigation of a Flapping Rotor for Micro ...
The thrust of the blades is highest at the maximum flapping frequency and 25° collective, even though the rotation speed at 25° collective is not the fastest. At 25 ° collective and 41 Hz flapping, the blades produced 18% more thrust despite ...
Brandon K. Fitchett, 2007
10
Aerodynamic Modeling of a Flapping Membrane Wing Using ...
The human desire to duplicate bird flight has existed for hundreds of years. From Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings to Otto Lilienthal's gliders, the first five hundred years of flapping flight research focused on human transport. Today flapping flight ...
Robyn Lynn Harmon, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAPPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flapping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
So, unborn children caused the crash? That's a new low even for …
... who make do with sicking up worms and feeding them to their young instead of flapping down to the welfare state and expecting a handout. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
What the Nazis, the Confederates and the Redskins All Have in …
A battle flag of the South's white supremacist war for the enshrinement of slavery, flapping for 54 years on South Carolina's state capital ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
3
Physics Week in Review: July 11, 2015
Capturing Energy From A Flag Flapping In The Wind. French scientists have discovered how flags, made of the right piezoelectric material, can ... «Scientific American, Jul 15»
4
Is state's Confederate-themed flag good for business?
Small rolling rallies are already cropping up around the state, with the state flag flapping from the beds of pickup trucks. The general manager ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
5
We Need More Weird TV Shows
... from a Swedish prison, with a four-foot-long dick flapping around?—and yet are unflaggingly committed to the bit. That's admirable in its way. «Vulture, Jul 15»
6
C.J.: One Dirty Bitch has a loving brother to thank for the rasslin …
Tap, I just went like this [flapping her hands around] with my feet. Jazz I liked. That was my favorite. Q: Would you like to wrestle the other ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Chicken Soup for the Brain
“My aunt Fran was in there, her coat flapping in the wind, our city street, and a rush of warm air forced up through the subway grates. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Family Supports Mom Arrested After Children Drowned
... the water was still and calm, that there was no flapping or splashing or bubbles in the water,” Irving Police Spokesman James McLellan said. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
9
The first novels of Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh were more …
Flapping Eagle, a native Indian, attains the gift of immortality when he and his sister, Bird Dog, both drink the elixir of eternal life. When Bird Dog ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
10
Geese surround, protect their young
And when someone, usually Finny, decides it's time to have a really great time by flapping their gorgeous wings and running back and forth ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jul 15»

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