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aflap

adjective
\ ə-ˈflap How to pronounce aflap (audio) \

Definition of aflap

: flapping a bird with wings aflap … the white marble rotunda of the Council of Lords sat like a fat iced wedding cake, aflap with pennants bearing the insignias of each noble family.— Toby Bishop, Airs Beneath the Moon, 2007

First Known Use of aflap

1877, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for aflap

a- entry 1 + flap entry 2

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