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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of flap.

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Examples

  • It was painted yellow and had a yellow pennant that flapped from a short mast atop a cramped cabin.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • Meanwhile, Paul's dazzling performance on both ends of the floor had the enraptured crowd on its feet, raining down chants of ` ` M-V-P! '' for their own All-Star point guard while a banner offering similar sentiments flapped from the upper deck.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • It was painted yellow and had a yellow pennant that flapped from a short mast atop a cramped cabin.

    The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997

  • Heide ... "-- the rest of the name flapped loosely in the wind.

    With the Procession Henry Blake Fuller 1893

  • It was a pale blue crewneck—you could barely even tell, except that the tag had flapped out along the curve of her neck.

    Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007

  • It was a pale blue crewneck—you could barely even tell, except that the tag had flapped out along the curve of her neck.

    Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult 2007

  • The metal buckles had jangled and flapped, which is how the name flapper came about.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • The problem: every time I restarted the (file) server the NIC was installed in, the adapter flapped, that is the link was dropping for long seconds, then come back for a minute, then dropping the link again.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • And there is the hole right there with part of the fuselage kind of flapped out of it.

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2009 2009

  • Jacob was about as "flapped" as I've seen him, which is to say not very, even as he was clearly excited, too.

    Ecstatic Days 2009

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