a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
mod. not subject to distraction; imperturbable. : She is totally unflappable.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
In an organization where risk and pressure are as common as a cup of coffee, he was unflappable.
Not with his determined effort, non-stop motor and unflappable stare.
The unflappable chief said that as long as the students behaved, he could do nothing.
On the inside everyone is likewise unflappable, but in the face of more extraordinary activities and revelations.
Stays composed, positive, civil and unflappable even in trying moments.
He was confident, sharp and unflappable amid the occasional verbal insults, the players who tried to rattle him said recently.
And in a city of largely unflappable urbanites, this is big news.
The laid-back grandfather has the same unflappable gentleness, the same easygoing speech.
Her professionalism on the bench also set the tone and her patience was unflappable.
Stays composed, positive, and unflappable even in trying moments.