Meaning

(uncountable) Nonsense..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Nonsense.
2. (countable) Thingamabob.
3. (countable) A speaker or writer of nonsense.
4. To con; to deceive with nonsense.

Example Sentences

‘The gentleman has eaten no small quantity of flapdoodle in his lifetime.’ ‘What’s that, O’Brien?’ replied I. ‘Why, Peter,’ rejoined he, ‘it’s the stuff they feed fools on.’

Fiddlesticks and flapdoodle

Why, with my sternest critic's pencil in my hand, its lead as black as my heart, did I not write the word “flapdoodle” in the margin at that point?

It is not worth falling into dispute over such a flapdoodle of a vestimentary matter.

Then there was the noble but unseen army of perspiring heroes who wrestled with furniture and wings and other flapdoodles behind the curtain.

What other playwright would dare populate his plays with space aliens, dancing plates and spoons, vampires, girl huns, mystic furballs and bodacious flapdoodles?

Suppose you invent a flapdoodle. The flapdoodle can be any color, but your "preferred" flapdoodle is colored red.

Here, So-and-so ”—to some one on whose countenance a faint gleam of comprehension was discernible—“ tell these flapdoodles of the ages what I mean.”

Word Forms

• flapdoodles
• flamdoodle
• flap-doodle
• flap doodle
• doodleflap
• flipdoodle
• flapdoodling
• flapdoodled

Synonyms for flapdoodle

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When Should You Use Flapdoodle?

Use flapdoodle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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