plapper
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plapper (third-person singular simple present plappers, present participle plappering, simple past and past participle plappered)
- (intransitive, rare) To make a flapping noise with the lips.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- She took no notice while he read by rote a solfa fable for her, plappering flatly
- 2016, Stuart Walton, The First Day in Paradise:
- Adam was making a plappering noise in his sleep like a horse.
- 2020, Stefan Prebil, Icediamonds Trilogy Volume 2:
- But Marie's reaction when she saw Sam coming gave him pause. She immediately stepped away from Arik, combing her hair with her fingers nervously. She then gave him a smile to die for, threading her arm through his and plappering about […]
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plapper
- inflection of plappern: