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flanges Meaning & Definition

What Does Flanges Mean?

Flanges is a noun that means plural of flange.

Flanges Definition (Noun)

  1. plural of flange

Noun

  1. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  2. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  3. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.

    1998: Mr MI Pennington, Can the Players be Trusted? on rec.games.frp.live-action http//groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.frp.live-action/browse_thread/thread/13742e3a1c45df34/f9662af9a11a42d3?lnk=st&q=flange+roleplay&rnum=1#f9662af9a11a42d3 [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.

  4. A vulva.
  5. The collective noun for a group of baboons.

    1980s (first use), Rowan Atkinson - Not the Nine O'clock News

  6. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.

Synonyms of Flanges

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Flanges in a Sentence

1998: Mr MI Pennington, Can the Players be Trusted? on rec.games.frp.live-action http//groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.games.frp.live-action/browse_thread/thread/13742e3a1c45df34/f9662af9a11a42d3?lnk=st&q=flange+roleplay&rnum=1#f9662af9a11a42d3 [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.

1980s (first use), Rowan Atkinson - Not the Nine O'clock News

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