| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing.[Websters]
2. The thing thus caught and eaten.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: flapdragoning, flapdragoned, flapdragons, flapdragoner, flapdragoners, flapdragoningly and flapdragonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLAPDRAGON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLAPDRAGON
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A play in which they catch raisins out of burning brandy, and extinguishing them by closing the mouth, eat them. | 2: [Noun] The thing eaten. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
