flip-flap

English

Etymology

Reduplication of flap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɪp.flæp/

Verb

flip-flap (third-person singular simple present flip-flaps, present participle flip-flapping, simple past and past participle flip-flapped)

1. To flop or flap about.

Noun

flip-flap (plural flip-flaps)

1. The repeated stroke of something long and loose.
2. (obsolete) A costermonger's dance.
3. (obsolete) A form of somersault or cartwheel.
4. (obsolete) A cracker.

Adverb

flip-flap (not comparable)

1. With a repeated flapping movement.

See also

• flip-flop

References

• (dance; somersault): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flip.flap/

Noun

flip-flap m (plural flip-flap)

1. (gymnastics) flip (frontflip or backflip)

Further reading

• “flip-flap”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.