Adjective

(er)

that flaps

* 2008 , Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water

The whole time we walked to the beach, Dorothy kept yanking at the flappy little skirt covering her bottom. I looked away from the poverty of her flesh, from the weave of veins that crossed her skin.

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=July 23, author=Mike Albo, title=A Neighborhood for Aspirations, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Two adorable fashion boys eagerly welcomed us, one in a schoolboy outfit and the other floating around in a flappy white smock-cape. }}

Adjective

(er)

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,

The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.