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n. (plural of flapping English)
Usage examples of "flappings".
At the fifth -- I was holding myself just above the footpath by imperceptible flappings -- my acquaintance gripped my hand.
There were rattlings and flappings and indistinct shouts, about none of which I cared a drip.
The air was full of flappings and pipings, of void, gusty shouts and noises.
Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.
The fire lizards might understand less than a child three Turns old, but they responded with small cries and flappings wings to any of the dragon songs, as if they appreciated the fact that she was singing about their kin.