flip-flap

1. 1.

   with repeated strokes and noise

   “something going flip-flap in the night”

Questions about flip-flap

What does flip-flap mean?

flip-flap means "with repeated strokes and noise".

How many syllables are in flip-flap?

flip-flap has 2 syllables and divides as flip--flap under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is flip-flap a common word?

flip-flap is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.