flapdoodle
/ˈflæpˌdud(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.05 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "‘The gentleman has eaten no small quantity of flapdoodle in his lifetime.’ ‘What’s that, O’Brien?’ replied I. ‘Why, Peter,’ rejoined he, ‘it’s the stuff they feed fools on.’"
- "Fiddlesticks and flapdoodle"
- "Why, with my sternest critic's pencil in my hand, its lead as black as my heart, did I not write the word “flapdoodle” in the margin at that point?"
- "It is not worth falling into dispute over such a flapdoodle of a vestimentary matter."
- "Then there was the noble but unseen army of perspiring heroes who wrestled with furniture and wings and other flapdoodles behind the curtain."
- "What other playwright would dare populate his plays with space aliens, dancing plates and spoons, vampires, girl huns, mystic furballs and bodacious flapdoodles?"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflæpˌdud(ə)l/
- British English: /ˈflæpˌduːdl̩/
Usage
Inflected Forms
flapdoodles (plural)
flamdoodle (alternative)
flap-doodle (alternative)
flap doodle (alternative)
doodleflap (alternative)
flipdoodle (alternative)
flapdoodles (present, singular)
flapdoodling (participle, present)
flapdoodled (participle, past)
flapdoodled (past)