flapping — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adjektiv

1. that flaps or flap

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Beispiele

   flapping sails

Substantiv

1. An instance where one, or something, flaps.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.

2. A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap [ɾ] before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

3. The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

4. The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.

   Gebrauch

   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

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   Greyhound racing had its origins in whippet racing, which was derived in turn from hare coursing. By the early twentieth century, however, a form of dog racing held in 'flapping tracks' was a common pastime in the wastelands near working-class areas of industrial cities.

   Flapping is racing which is not licensed by the Jockey Club. […] Anyone found participating in, or even attending, flapping races is liable to be warned off.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   Flapping is the arse end of greyhound racing, the lowest of the low. Part sport, part fairground attraction, flapping is the bare-knuckle fighting of dog racing.

Substantiv

1. the motion made by flapping up and down

   Synonyme

   flapflutterfluttering

   Oberbegriffe

   waveundulation