FLAPPER
\flˈapə], \flˈapə], \f_l_ˈa_p_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
One who, or that which, waves loosely to and fro; a young bird when first trying its wings; hence, colloquially, a young girl in her teens.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
One who or that which flaps; in the following extract, one who endeavors to make another remember-in allusion to the flappers mentioned in Gulliver's visit to Laputa, who were employed by the dreamy philosophers of that island to flap them on the mouth and ears with an inflated bladder when their thoughts were to be diverted from their speculations to worldly affairs. "I write to you, by way of flapper, to put you in mind of yourself."-Lord Chesterfield; a young wild duck; "Some young men down lately to a pond to hunt flappers or young wild ducks."-Gilbert White; "Lightbody happened to be gone out to shoot flappers."-Miss Edgeworth.
By Daniel Lyons
Word of the day
Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.