Flapping and Gliding

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Flapping noun - The motion made by flapping up and down.

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Gliding and flapping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gliding" instead an adjective "Flapping".

Nearby Words: flap, flapped, flapper

Gliding noun - The activity of flying a glider.

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Flapping and gliding are semantically related. You can use "Flapping" instead an adjective "Gliding".

Nearby Words: glide, glided, glider

The eponymous creatures of Gargoyles possess wings, but as they explain to Eliza, they are not capable of true flight, instead gliding on warm air currents (though this doesn't prevent Brooklyn from flapping his wings a couple times to try to stay aloft while carrying and unconscious Lexington).

Source: Flight
Though it like everything else with fluffies it varies from writer to writer what they can do with their wings (such as gliding short distances, lifting themselves off the ground by flapping hard enough, or only being able to just buzz their wings without anything happening).

Source: Web Original / Fluffy Pony

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