- flapdoodle
- flapdoodle 1833, originally "the stuff they feed fools on" [Marryat]; an arbitrary formation.
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flapdoodle
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flapdoodle — [flap′do͞od΄ l] n. [arbitrary formation] Informal foolish talk; nonsense … English World dictionary
flapdoodle — noun a) nonsense It is not worth falling into dispute over such a flapdoodle of a vestimentary matter. b) Speakers and writers of nonsense … Wiktionary
flapdoodle — AND flamdoodle [“flaepdudl AND “flsemdudl] n. nonsense. □ I’ve heard enough of this flapdoodle. □ Cut out the flamdoodle and speak the truth … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
flapdoodle — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1878 nonsense … New Collegiate Dictionary
flapdoodle — /flap doohd l/, n. Informal. nonsense; bosh. [1820 30; orig. uncert.] * * * … Universalium
flapdoodle — n fuss, agitation, consternation. An invented nonsense word dating from the 19th century … Contemporary slang
flapdoodle — n. (Slang) nonsense; bosh … English contemporary dictionary
flapdoodle — noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. 1》 nonsense. 2》 a fool. Origin C19: an arbitrary formation … English new terms dictionary
flapdoodle — n Informal. nonsense, bosh, rubbish, twaddle, balderdash, stuff and nonsense, rot, fiddle faddle, fiddlesticks. See nonsense(def.2) … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
flapdoodle — flap·doo·dle … English syllables
