flapping

  1. Adjective.  That flaps or flap.
  2. Noun.  The action of the verb '''to flap'''.
  3. Noun.  (phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
  4. Verb.  (present participle of, flap) .
  5. Verb.  (networking) A description of a network interface or device that changes rapidly and repeatedly between online and offline states (compare thrashing).

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