: with repeated strokes and noise
something going flip-flap in the dark
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: the repeated sound and motion of something loose that is moved by recurrent impulses
the flip-flap of the awning in the gusty wind
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: a device used especially in amusement parks that consists of a horizontal rotating arm pivoted at its center and supporting a passenger car at each end
: to move with a repeated flapping sound
when old Fred Gil would come flip-flapping across the station parking lot in his raggedy cotton robe and rubber thongs—
Joseph Wambaugh
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