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flapping

/ˈflæpɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. that flaps or flap · flapping sails
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This ended the saying of the charm, and they heard a great chattering and flapping of wings, as the band of Winged Monkeys flew up to them.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 97 · B2
Such of my readers as have made a pedestrian excursion to the south of France may perchance have noticed, about midway between the town of Beaucaire and the village of Bellegarde,—a little nearer to the former than to the latter,—a small roadside inn, from the front of which hung, creaking and flapping in the wind, a sheet of tin covered with a grotesque representation of the Pont du Gard.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 277 · C1

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