- present participle of flap.
flapping
Example Sentences
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In recent days, viewers were treated to the younger eagles practicing their wing flapping and preparing to make their first official flights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Floridians are flapping over what should be the state bird.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
That afternoon in 2025, with his shellacked coif flapping against his bronzed forehead in the wind, the president held up hastily-assembled poster boards bearing the names of the world’s countries and territories.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Little stone circles had been laid as impromptu memorials to the men at the site where they died, a little Palestinian flag flapping above one.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
Razi spread out the map on a large flat rock and held it down to keep it from flapping.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
