Flapper
noun
A young woman in the 1920s who wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, listened to jazz music, and flouted conventional behavior and social norms.
Back in the 1920s, my grandmother was a fashionable flapper who loved to go dancing at jazz clubs.
Often appears as...
- flapper girl
- flapper dress
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A part of a device or machine which opens and closes, typically to allow something to pass through or prevent its escape.
The rubber flapper in your toilet tank is what keeps the water in there until you flush.
Often appears as...
- flapper valve
- toilet flapper
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of duck or other bird with large, broad wings.
The wild flappers in the lake were cautiously circling our boat.
Often appears as...
- bird flapper
- flapper duck
Usage tips
Formal
Zoological
noun
A piece of metal that gives out a loud, ringing noise when struck, especially as part of a bell or alarm.
The thunderstorm was so loud it set the flapper in the church bell ringing.
Often appears as...
- bell flapper
- flapper sound
noun
A young woman in the 1920s who wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, listened to jazz music, and flouted conventional behavior and social norms.
Back in the 1920s, my grandmother was a fashionable flapper who loved to go dancing at jazz clubs.
Often appears as...
- flapper girl
- flapper dress
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A part of a device or machine which opens and closes, typically to allow something to pass through or prevent its escape.
The rubber flapper in your toilet tank is what keeps the water in there until you flush.
Often appears as...
- flapper valve
- toilet flapper
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A type of duck or other bird with large, broad wings.
The wild flappers in the lake were cautiously circling our boat.
Often appears as...
- bird flapper
- flapper duck
Usage tips
Formal
Zoological
noun
A piece of metal that gives out a loud, ringing noise when struck, especially as part of a bell or alarm.
The thunderstorm was so loud it set the flapper in the church bell ringing.
Often appears as...
- bell flapper
- flapper sound
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Jazz Age Icon
The term evokes the rebellious spirit and new freedoms of young women in the 1920s.
She dressed as a flapper for the vintage-themed party.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Understand that flapper refers to a specific time and is not used for modern women.
Reading about flappers helps one understand women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Shifts
The flapper image symbolizes broader cultural shifts towards modernity and women’s liberation.
Flappers represented a new cultural shift with their fashion and attitudes.
Pro Tip 1/3Jazz Age Icon
The term evokes the rebellious spirit and new freedoms of young women in the 1920s.
She dressed as a flapper for the vintage-themed party.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Understand that flapper refers to a specific time and is not used for modern women.
Reading about flappers helps one understand women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Shifts
The flapper image symbolizes broader cultural shifts towards modernity and women’s liberation.
Flappers represented a new cultural shift with their fashion and attitudes.
Pro Tip 1/3Jazz Age Icon
The term evokes the rebellious spirit and new freedoms of young women in the 1920s.
She dressed as a flapper for the vintage-themed party.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Understand that flapper refers to a specific time and is not used for modern women.
Reading about flappers helps one understand women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Shifts
The flapper image symbolizes broader cultural shifts towards modernity and women’s liberation.
Flappers represented a new cultural shift with their fashion and attitudes.
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What young women believe...
when women first started regularly shaving their armpits and their legs. That's when flapper dresses came into style, and women's limbs were suddenly visible, open to public scrutiny. There's a way that I think that this too is a sign.
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Tagging the Great White...
is anxious to see if he came here to mate he'll need to get a close look at its reproductive organ its class / ok this is important here let's see if this thing has sperm in it okay the flapper is hard mature male look in the groove
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How the bra was invented...
In a Moment of Vision It's the 1920s. Flapper fashion prevails. Woman conceal their figures in straight-sided gowns
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What young women believe...
when women first started regularly shaving their armpits and their legs. That's when flapper dresses came into style, and women's limbs were suddenly visible, open to public scrutiny. There's a way that I think that this too is a sign.
Video examples
Tagging the Great White...
is anxious to see if he came here to mate he'll need to get a close look at its reproductive organ its class / ok this is important here let's see if this thing has sperm in it okay the flapper is hard mature male look in the groove
Video examples
How the bra was invented...
In a Moment of Vision It's the 1920s. Flapper fashion prevails. Woman conceal their figures in straight-sided gowns
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Out of the ashes of the Great War came the freewheeling cultural renaissance that was the Jazz Age, but the decade-long party of flapper dresses and bootlegging came to a crashing halt with the Crash of '29 - triggering the Great Depression and the New Deal that would help America get back on its feet, just in time for another, greater war.
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Berenice Bejo
Argentinian Actress
I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and she was very cute. She had something that was so different from what she is at the end of her life and she started in the silent movies and then went into the talkies.
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Lucy Worsley
I've most liked dressing up as a flapper. I've been flappered twice. But I care not only about the clothes they wore but what they stood for. It's early-liberated, earning money, having the vote, their potential husband probably died in the war, that kind of independence.
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Grace Potter
American Musician
What I'm wearing changes everything about how the show goes. If I'm wearing blue jeans and flannel, it's going to be a country show, and I'm going to get my twang on. But if I'm wearing a flapper dress, fringe or sequins, I'm rocking out, Tina Turner style.
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Lucy Worsley
As I am straight up and down, I make a good flapper. One of the highlights of my life was dancing the Charleston with Len Goodman in a nightclub in a cream, Twenties-style dress; it was the nearest I'll ever get to appearing on 'Strictly'.
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Lily James
English Actress
The world of the flapper - live free, wild and young - that energy is intoxicating. It's nice to inject that into the more controlled 'Downton' way of living.
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Colleen Moore
American Actress
The flapper has charm, good looks, good clothes, intellect and a healthy point of view.
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Colleen Moore
American Actress
A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Out of the ashes of the Great War came the freewheeling cultural renaissance that was the Jazz Age, but the decade-long party of flapper dresses and bootlegging came to a crashing halt with the Crash of '29 - triggering the Great Depression and the New Deal that would help America get back on its feet, just in time for another, greater war.
Quote examples
Berenice Bejo
Argentinian Actress
I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and she was very cute. She had something that was so different from what she is at the end of her life and she started in the silent movies and then went into the talkies.
Quote examples
Lucy Worsley
I've most liked dressing up as a flapper. I've been flappered twice. But I care not only about the clothes they wore but what they stood for. It's early-liberated, earning money, having the vote, their potential husband probably died in the war, that kind of independence.
Quote examples
Grace Potter
American Musician
What I'm wearing changes everything about how the show goes. If I'm wearing blue jeans and flannel, it's going to be a country show, and I'm going to get my twang on. But if I'm wearing a flapper dress, fringe or sequins, I'm rocking out, Tina Turner style.
Quote examples
Lucy Worsley
As I am straight up and down, I make a good flapper. One of the highlights of my life was dancing the Charleston with Len Goodman in a nightclub in a cream, Twenties-style dress; it was the nearest I'll ever get to appearing on 'Strictly'.
Quote examples
Lily James
English Actress
The world of the flapper - live free, wild and young - that energy is intoxicating. It's nice to inject that into the more controlled 'Downton' way of living.
Quote examples
Colleen Moore
American Actress
The flapper has charm, good looks, good clothes, intellect and a healthy point of view.
Quote examples
Colleen Moore
American Actress
A flapper is just a little girl trying to grow up - in the process of growing up.
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