flipperty-flopperty,a.|ˈflɪpətɪˈflɒpətɪ| That ‘goes flip-flop’; loose, dangling. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 83 She is a gaunt, awkward girl, in a ‘flibberty-flobberty’ hat.1869Trollope He knew, etc., xii, He had..one of those flipperty-flopperty things on his head, that the butcher-boys wear.