Usually means: Waving a fan to cool.
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  1. flabellation: Collins English Dictionary
  2. flabellation: Wordnik
  3. flabellation: Wiktionary
  4. Flabellation: Dictionary.com
  5. Flabellation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. flabellation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Flabellation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. flabellation: FreeDictionary.org
  9. flabellation: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. Flabellation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The act of keeping cool by use of a fan or fan-like instrument.

Similar:
flabel, fanning, fanlation, fan dance, fan-blast, fanfaring, fan-dance, fanslator, fanmaking, fan dancer, more...

Opposite:
deflation, contraction, shrinkage

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Similar:
flabel, fanning, fanlation, fan dance, fan-blast, fanfaring, fan-dance, fanslator, fanmaking, fan dancer, more...

Opposite:
deflation, contraction, shrinkage



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