Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aflap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aflap
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Filled (with something flapping).

adj

Showing excessive excitement or anger.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"1894, George Lansing Raymond, The Aztec God, Act 3, in The Aztec God and Other Dramas, New York: Putnam, 1908, p. 66, and she / A vulture feasting with foul wings aflap"
"nodding her head firmly, headscarf aflap"
"[…] a woman in a gaberdine comes staggering out from the roadside, hands aflap, shoeless but on the run."
"They walked up Main Street, which was all aflap with American flags […]"
"Clothes-drying lofts, open frameworks on the flat roofs of houses, all aflap with clothes, sheets, kimono, reminded me of Canaletto’s pictures of Venetian life […]"
"[…] the buses bursting with cackling passengers three times over capacity and aflap with chickens."

Etymology

From a- + flap.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Usage

Colloquial

Synonyms

in a flap

Questions

What does aflap mean?: Flapping.
Where does aflap come from?: From a- + flap.

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