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flapping

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?flæp??/
  • Rhymes: -æp??

Adjective

flapping (not comparable)

  1. that flaps or flap

Noun

flapping (countable and uncountable, plural flappings)

  1. An instance where one flaps.
  2. (phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /?/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
  3. (computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

Verb

flapping

  1. present participle of flap

See also

  • flapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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slapping

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?slæp??/
  • Rhymes: -æp??

Verb

slapping

  1. present participle of slap

Noun

slapping (plural slappings)

  1. The act of giving a slap or slaps
  2. The slap bass technique

Adjective

slapping (comparative more slapping, superlative most slapping)

  1. (slang) Very large; whopping.
    • 1921, Dogdom: Monthly: Volume 22
      It remains to be seen whether she will retain her coat after whelping; if she does, then Americans will be able to admire a slapping great collie bitch — a matron of the robust kind yet retaining all those graces of the collie female of quality.

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  • lappings

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