flapping — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. that flaps or flap

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   flapping sails

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

4. The unlicensed racing of horses or greyhounds.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

   Altri esempi (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.

Sostantivo

1. the motion made by flapping up and down

   Sinonimi

   flapflutterfluttering

   Termini più generali

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