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What does flapping mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word flapping? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. That flaps or flap.
Noun
  1. An instance where one flaps.
  2. (phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
  3. (computing) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
Verb
  1. present participle of flap
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