flappy

English

Etymology

From flap +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

flappy (comparative flappier, superlative flappiest)

1. that flaps
   • 2008, Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water:

     The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin.

   • 2009 July 23, Mike Albo, “A Neighborhood for Aspirations”, in New York Times‎:

     Two adorable fashion boys eagerly welcomed us, one in a schoolboy outfit and the other floating around in a flappy white smock-cape.