flappy, a.
(ˈflæpɪ)
[f. flap v. + -y1.]
† 1. = flabby a. 1. Obs.
| 1598 Florio, Impassire..to grow flappy, withered, or wrimpled [1611 to grow flappie and wrimpled]. |
2. dial. (See quots.)
| 1846 Brockett N.C. Words (ed. 3) Flappy, wild, irregular, unsteady. ‘An old flappy body’. 1892 Northumbld. Gloss., Flappy, uneven, unsteady. ‘The carpet's lyin' aall flappy’. |
3. That flaps.
| 1905 Chesterton Club of Queer Trades iii. 91 He rose..flapping like a seal... He flapped a plaid shawl over his..arm..he flapped his eyelids... He was a..clergyman, of a flappy and floppy type. 1908 Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 7/1 Sailors, with bare feet and flappy blue trousers. 1924 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 200/2 A flappy little bag of gray and silver beads. 1965 M. Bradbury Stepping Westward iv. 205 Old ladies in flappy dresses. |