flap
verb (used without object)
to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise.
has flapped
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present perfectof flap (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Colbert’s flag has flapped more brilliantly than theirs, ’neath spacious skies and over amber waves of grain-of-salt, because he steadfastly refused to be taken seriously.
From Newsweek
Open, played in New York, is the tournament that has flapped the most in the changing wind that has howled through tennis even in Borg's short time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dracula retains his bite, to be sure, and has flapped into current vogue on stage and screen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The raven of despair has flapped his hideous brood over the halls of my ancestors, and taken from them all that once made them beautiful.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
I have come here on an errand which will grow familiar to you before you know that Time has flapped his wings over your head.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Mamie Dickens
