Flatting meaning : To make a flat call; to call without raising. To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface. To fall from the pitch. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone. To make flat; to flatten; to level. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. To beat or strike; pound To dash or throw To dash, rush The practice of living, with others, in a flat. A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint. The process of applying a coating of flatting paint. A flat part of something, a flattening. The process of becoming flat. The process of causing something to become flat; the process of flattening something. An instance of a musical note being flatter than intended. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.