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Definition of Flip-flap
1. Adverb. With repeated strokes and noise. "Something going flip-flap in the night"
Definition of Flip-flap
1. Verb. To flop or flap about. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flip-flap
Literary usage of Flip-flap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mary Dawson game book: a manual of original games and guessing contests by Mary Dawson (1916)
"Each time he gives a number which contains a flip, flap, instead of giving its name,
... According to this regulation if any one fails to give a flip-flap ..."
2. The modern gymnast by Charles Spencer (1866)
"Now for another good exercise of the same kind, which goes by the inscrutable
cognomen of THE flip-flap (perhaps from somewhat resembling the flap of a ..."
3. The Technical World Magazine (1909)
"THE flip-flap—A NEW SENSATION By FRITZ MORRIS , O provide a new sensation is ...
The latest of these thrillers is the "flip-flap," which has been one of the ..."
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