flappity
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Nonce variation of the word flap, usually indicating a series of small or ineffective flaps.
Example Sentences
- "Jest then in come Mrs. Pelto with one of them French sisters with the flappity caps, the same as 'ad been in the mornin', and come from the 'Ospital."
- "‘Flappity, flappity, flappity,’ the thin man sang. ‘Cut it out,’ Grissom said."
- "... I was mindful of the hissings and shoutings coming from the cave and thought an interesting foreign gentleman would be a good distraction for them, even if he did land up going flappity, flappity down the mountain on little webbed feet."
Etymology
From flap + -ity.