Flapping

Adjective

 * 1) That flaps or flap.
 * flapping sails

Noun

 * 1) The action of the verb to flap.
 * 2)  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.

Verb
flapping


 * 1)  A description of a network interface or device that changes rapidly and repeatedly between online and offline states (compare thrashing).
 * That faulty network card appears to be flapping.
 * 1) * Excessive Restarts and Flapping - User Guide for Device Fault Manager 1.1, cisco.com
 * "This topic describes how DFM concludes that a system is excessively restarting or that a network adapter is flapping."
 * "This topic describes how DFM concludes that a system is excessively restarting or that a network adapter is flapping."