Meanings of great flapping in English

They looked up at the great flapping hands above them in the greatest consternation.

Another, with a great flapping of wings, was beside him; and another, and another.

As I approached, there was a great flapping of wings.

Then I heard a great flapping.

Just then Rose saw something out over the ocean, sailing low and making a great flapping of black wings.

She took the great flapping ears of the animal in her two hands, and led him out of the room.

Oblivious of them and the débris about them, barrel-shaped women strutted behind their protuberant bellies, great flapping shoes over the pavements.

At one end, which rests upon the floor, Toby commences his ascent with a great flapping of wings and uproarious cawing.

There were vague sounds in the air, a sort of impassioned tremor, like a great flapping of wings passing above my head.

The great flapping hat, worn alike by men and women, slightly cocked to one side, is the perfection of picturesque head gear.

Skua gulls were plentiful and washed themselves, with a great flapping of wings, in the shallow waters at the edge of the lakes.

There was a great flapping of wings, a great twittering and chirping, questioning and exclamation when the birds assembled to hear the sad news.

Sometimes a decayed branch would break under the weight of two or three, when, with a great flapping, the would take up new positions.

Great flapping windmills all over the country make it look as if flocks of huge sea birds were just settling upon it.