What part of speech is flapped?

Flapped can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. flapped is a verb, past participle of flap (infinitive).
  • 2. flapped is a verb, past simple of flap (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does flapped mean?

Definitions

Verb

flap - move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
flap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
flap - move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
flap - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
flap - make a fuss; be agitated

Examples of flapped

#   Sentence  
1. verb The bird flapped its wings.
2. verb He flapped the flies away.
3. verb She flapped at the fly with a newspaper.
4. verb Then the young bird felt that his wings were strong, as he flapped them against his sides, and rose high into the air.
5. verb Chloe, when she had milked her ewes, and sometimes Daphnis' goats as well, had great difficulty in making the milk curdle, for the gnats were very troublesome and if she flapped them away they stung her.
6. verb On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers, uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
7. verb The birds flapped their wings.
8. verb Flap your wings or die.
9. verb Flap your wings or die.
10. noun He wrote on the flap of the envelope.
11. noun There was a terrible flap about the theft.
Sentence  
verb
The bird flapped its wings.
He flapped the flies away.
She flapped at the fly with a newspaper.
Then the young bird felt that his wings were strong, as he flapped them against his sides, and rose high into the air.
Chloe, when she had milked her ewes, and sometimes Daphnis' goats as well, had great difficulty in making the milk curdle, for the gnats were very troublesome and if she flapped them away they stung her.
On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers, uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away.
The birds flapped their wings.
Flap your wings or die.
Flap your wings or die.
noun
He wrote on the flap of the envelope.
There was a terrible flap about the theft.

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