"flabergast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flabergasts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flabergast (plural flabergasts)
  1. (Scotland) Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Tags: Scotland, alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: flabbergast
    Sense id: en-flabergast-en-noun-OOPILOnt Categories (other): Scottish English

Verb

Forms: flabergasts [present, singular, third-person], flabergasting [participle, present], flabergasted [past], flabergasted [participle, past], flabergast [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=flabergast}} flabergast (third-person singular simple present flabergasts, present participle flabergasting, simple past flabergasted, past participle flabergasted or flabergast)
  1. (Scotland) Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Tags: Scotland, alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: flabbergast
    Sense id: en-flabergast-en-verb-OOPILOnt Categories (other): Scottish English

Inflected forms

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