aflapadj.
/əˈflap/, U.S. /əˈflæp/ Flapping. Also figurative: worried, agitated (colloquial). Only in predicative use.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective]
reigheOE
drofc1000
druvyOE
restlessOE
worya1225
forstraughtc1386
unquertc1390
unsaughtc1390
ill (evil) at easea1400
unrofula1400
unquietc1400
unrestya1413
unquieted?a1425
unrestful?c1425
unpeaceda1475
out of quieta1500
inquiet?1504
uneasya1513
perturbed1538
unquietous?1545
disquieted?1548
astraught1564
astraughted1565
agitate1567
turmoiled1570
disquiet1587
distroubled1590
weltered1590
disturbed1593
twitcheda1594
troublesome1596
stract1598
uncomposed1601
discomposed1603
incomposed1608
uncouth1660
unserene1664
chagrin1665
agitated1684
perturbated1704
disordered1711
perturbate1741
chagrineda1754
nervish1760
uncomfortable1796
funked1831
untranquillized1831
streaked1833
striped1839
discomfortable1844
streaky1848
bothered1851
funked out1859
bebothered1866
disorderly1871
fantod1883
rattled1885
aflap1887
shook1891
dicked-up1967
torqued1967
weirded out1973
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > flapping loosely
flaffinga1522
flapping1592
swapping1642
flappish1665
flopping1679
flip-flap1841
slatting1883
aflap1887
flappy1905
1887 Miami (Piqua, Ohio) Helmet 20 Jan. If a casing was shrunken..or a bit of weatherboarding was aflap,..down went the temperature.
1899 Ainslee's Mag. May 491/1 They walked up Main street, which was all aflap with American flags.
1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 20 The boat floats past the sky's edge, lank sail a-flap.
1977 Time 17 Jan. 8/1 France last week was all aflap over two intriguing events that seemed to grow all the more mysterious as the stories unfolded piece by piece.
1987 Christian Sci. Monitor 10 Apr. 16/1 Builders' dogs like to ride around perched on truckloads of..construction equipment. Often they point into the wind, ears aflap.
2007 W. S. Merwin Bk. Fables 242 The dark gorges aflap with shrieking birds.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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