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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
flat .
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Examples
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On the other hand, in order to lower a tone, the letter representing it is "flatted," and F is called _Fes_,
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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Bresnick-Zocchi got the edge in the final lap as Annis flatted shortly before the finish and ran across the finish line.
Lindine and Miller win muddy mid-week ‘cross race in Massachusetts 2010
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In the African American tradition, in order to have Gospel music you must have the 12-bar flatted note.
Rev. Otis Moss III: A Blue Note Gospel Rev. Otis Moss III 2011
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In the African American tradition, in order to have Gospel music you must have the 12-bar flatted note.
Rev. Otis Moss III: A Blue Note Gospel Rev. Otis Moss III 2011
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When Thomas Dorsey created Gospel music, he used that 12-bar flatted note; when one is experiencing "the thrill is gone..." the words of B.B. King, the 12-bar notes change to Mahalia Jackson's "Precious Lord, take my hand..."
Rev. Otis Moss III: A Blue Note Gospel Rev. Otis Moss III 2011
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Johnson, meanwhile, flatted his front tire with 1 1/2 laps to go and rode gingerly to the pits, away that a charging Todd Wells ad Schouten were not far behind.
Jeremy Powers, Georgia Gould take day 2 at Derby City Cup 2010
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They would later discover, after Bewley flatted about halfway to Mumbai, that no one had any extra wheels so they quickly had to replace one of the tubulars.
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Weatherbee flatted every third note and sang such songs as "The Boston Burglar" and "The Handsome Cabin Boy," for hours at a time, while Cuthfert wept with rage, till he could stand it no longer and fled into the outer cold.
In a Far Country 2010
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Then Miller flatted at the top of the course, gapping Smith and giving Annis the chance she needed.
Tim Johnson, Sally Innis win day 1 at the Providence Cyclo-cross Festival presented by Interbike 2010
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When Thomas Dorsey created Gospel music, he used that 12-bar flatted note; when one is experiencing "the thrill is gone..." the words of B.B. King, the 12-bar notes change to Mahalia Jackson's "Precious Lord, take my hand..."
Rev. Otis Moss III: A Blue Note Gospel Rev. Otis Moss III 2011
bilby commented on the word flatted
Saw this hoarding on a derelict building today:
"Purchased for a future, flatted development" by Rapacious & Profit, etc.
Strikes me that they mean 'with apartments' and have invented an adjective most vile.
December 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word flatted
Easier to say, though, than "apartmented." But I agree--vile.
December 31, 2007