flapdoodle
/ˈflæpˌdud(ə)l/noun, verb
flapdoodle is a noun meaning “Nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-P-D-O-O-D-L-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flapdoodle is flapdoodles.
What does flapdoodle mean?
noun
- 1
Nonsense.
- 2
Thingamabob.
- 3
A speaker or writer of nonsense.
verb
- 1
To con; to deceive with nonsense.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flapdoodle?
- UK /ˈflæpˌduːdl̩/
- US /ˈflæpˌdud(ə)l/
Flapdoodle has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flapdoodle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flapdoodle
- flapdoodles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- flamdoodle
- flap-doodle
- flap doodle
- doodleflap
- flipdoodle
- flapdoodling participle, present
- flapdoodled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flapdoodle?
Flapdoodle appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).