flapper
flapper Lexical Profile
flapper Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A fashionable young woman in the 1920s who defied traditional societal norms of dress and behavior, typically characterized by bobbed hair, short skirts, and an enthusiasm for jazz music.
"The museum exhibit featured beaded dresses and cloche hats worn by the iconic flappers of the Jazz Age."
A flat, hinged, or flexible device that swings or closes to regulate flow or strike a surface, especially the rubber valve at the bottom of a toilet tank.
"The plumber replaced the worn rubber flapper inside the toilet tank to stop the constant water leak."
A broad, flat limb, fin, or appendage of an aquatic animal, such as a seal, turtle, or whale, used for swimming; a flipper.
"The sea turtle used its front flappers to propel itself gracefully through the reef."
A young bird, especially a wild duck or game bird, that is flapping its wings while learning to fly.
"Several young flappers were practicing short flights across the marshland."
• Rhymes for flapper
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'flap' with the agentive suffix '-er'. The 1920s cultural sense emerged from earlier British slang comparing lively, unconventional teenage girls to young birds learning to fly and flapping their wings.