aflap

adjective

ə-ˈflap 

: flapping

a bird with wings aflap

… the white marble rotunda of the Council of Lords sat like a fat iced wedding cake, aflap with pennants bearing the insignias of each noble family.

—Toby Bishop, Airs Beneath the Moon, 2007

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 1 + flap entry 2

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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