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flapping

/ˈflæpɪŋ/

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noun

Flattern, Schlagen

An instance where one flaps.

Examples :

"The tired bird gave one last, weak flapping of its wings before landing heavily on the branch. "

Der müde Vogel schlug ein letztes, schwaches Flattern mit seinen Flügeln, bevor er schwer auf dem Ast landete.

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noun

Flapping, englische Aussprache von /t/ und /d/ als stimmhafter alveolarer Tap /ɾ/

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.

Examples :

"Linguistics students studied the flapping in the professor's pronunciation of "butter" and "budder." "

Linguistikstudenten untersuchten das Flapping in der Aussprache von „butter“ und „budder“ des Professors.

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noun

Flapping, Flattern

The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

Examples :

"The flapping of the school's internet connection made it impossible to finish the online test. "

Das Flapping der Internetverbindung der Schule machte es unmöglich, den Online-Test zu beenden.

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adjective

schlagend, flatternd

That flaps or flap

Examples :

"flapping sails"

schlagende Segel

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