flip-flap
English edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of flap.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
flip-flap (third-person singular simple present flip-flaps, present participle flip-flapping, simple past and past participle flip-flapped)
Noun edit
flip-flap (plural flip-flaps)
- The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
- (obsolete) A costermonger's dance.
- (obsolete) A form of somersault or cartwheel.
- (obsolete) A cracker.
Adverb edit
flip-flap (not comparable)
- With a repeated flapping movement.
See also edit
References edit
- (dance; somersault): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flip-flap m (plural flip-flap)
- (gymnastics) flip (frontflip or backflip)
Further reading edit
- “flip-flap”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.