flapdoodle

[ flap-dood-l ]
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nounInformal.
  1. nonsense; bosh.

Origin of flapdoodle

1
First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain

Words Nearby flapdoodle

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How to use flapdoodle in a sentence

  • But instead we are getting the flapdoodle campaign, in which more and more ado is made about less and less.

    The Flapdoodle Campaign | Megan McArdle | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • You're the last man I ever expected to hear that kind of flapdoodle from.

    The Three Partners | Bret Harte
  • Ye know that boy, gentlemen; ye know how he uster lie round his father's store, reading flapdoodle stories and sich!

  • Ye remember how he sashayed round newspaper offices in 'Frisco until he could write a flapdoodle story himself?

  • It was the natural expression of two minds that were too great to be verbose or to monkey with social, conversational flapdoodle.

    Remarks | Bill Nye

British Dictionary definitions for flapdoodle

flapdoodle

/ (ˈflæpˌduːdəl) /


noun
  1. slang foolish talk; nonsense

Origin of flapdoodle

1
C19: of unknown origin

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