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Definition of flapdoodle in English: flapdoodlenoun ˈflapduːd(ə)lˈflæpˌdudl US informal 1mass noun Nonsense. 〈非正式，主美〉胡言乱语，妄言；废话 four hundred pages of mystical flapdoodle Example sentencesExamples - The latest piece of flapdoodle concerns Downing Street's plans to dock child benefit from the parents of tearaway children.
- Commentary has pretty much adopted him as their science guy, and he has published a steady stream of flapdoodle in their pages over the last decade.
- For years, nitwits have been churning out flapdoodle like Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun and connect-the-dots management guides purporting to apply the wisdom of Machiavelli to the modern boardroom.
- They are not swallowing in toto the old flapdoodle in the way that the preachers want them to do.
- It looks like typical, classic, psychic flapdoodle to me.
Synonyms rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, guff, blather, blether 2A foolish person. Example sentencesExamples - When she heard what happened, she sighed, shook her curly-haired head and said of Learner, ‘What a flapdoodle!’
OriginMid 19th century: an arbitrary formation. Definition of flapdoodle in US English: flapdoodlenounˈflapˌdo͞odlˈflæpˌdudl US informal 1Nonsense. 〈非正式，主美〉胡言乱语，妄言；废话 people who are prey to dogmatic flapdoodle 被武断的妄言蛊惑的人们。 Example sentencesExamples - For years, nitwits have been churning out flapdoodle like Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun and connect-the-dots management guides purporting to apply the wisdom of Machiavelli to the modern boardroom.
- Commentary has pretty much adopted him as their science guy, and he has published a steady stream of flapdoodle in their pages over the last decade.
- The latest piece of flapdoodle concerns Downing Street's plans to dock child benefit from the parents of tearaway children.
- It looks like typical, classic, psychic flapdoodle to me.
- They are not swallowing in toto the old flapdoodle in the way that the preachers want them to do.
Synonyms rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, guff, blather, blether - 1.1 A fool.
傻瓜，蠢货 Example sentencesExamples - When she heard what happened, she sighed, shook her curly-haired head and said of Learner, ‘What a flapdoodle!’
OriginMid 19th century: an arbitrary formation. |