plapper

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplæpə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)

Verb

plapper (third-person singular simple present plappers, present participle plappering, simple past and past participle plappered)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To make a flapping noise with the lips.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      She took no notice while he read by rote a solfa fable for her, plappering flatly
    • 2016, Stuart Walton, The First Day in Paradise:
      Adam was making a plappering noise in his sleep like a horse.
    • 2020, Stefan Prebil, Icediamonds Trilogy Volume 2:
      But Marie's reaction when she saw Sam coming gave him pause. She immediately stepped away from Arik, combing her hair with her fingers nervously. She then gave him a smile to die for, threading her arm through his and plappering about […]

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

plapper

  1. inflection of plappern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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