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Flap

Flap Meaning & Definition
Flap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flap?

[n] any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
[n] a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
[n] a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
[n] the motion made by flapping up and down
[n] an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
[v] pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
[v] make a fuss; be agitated
[v] move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
[v] move in a wavy pattern, as of curtains
[v] move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
[v] move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flap: dither | dither | flapping | flaps | flutter | fluttering | fuss | pother | pother | tizzy | undulate | wave

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flap: ado | agitation | applique | argument | bag | bang | baste | batter | beat | beating | bedlam | Bedlam let loose | bicker | bilge | blain | blast | bleb | blister | blob | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | boss | bother | botheration | bow | box | brandish | brawl | broil | brouhaha | bubble | buffet | bulb | bulge | bulla | bump | bunch | burl | burst | bust | bustle | button | cacophony | cahot | cascade | chaos | charivari | chine | chirm | churn | clamor | clangor | clap | clash | clatter | clump | coat | coating | collop | commotion | condyle | confusion | conturbation | convex | covering | crack | crash | crump | cuff | cut | daggle | dance | dangle | deal | depend | din | discomposure | discord | disk | disorder | dispute | disquiet | disquietude | distress | disturbance | dither | donnybrook | dowel | drabble | drag | draggle | drape | droop | drub | drunken brawl | dustup | ear | ebullition | embroilment | excitement | fall | fanaticism | feery-fary | ferment | fermentation | feuille | fever | feverishness | fidgetiness | fidgets | film | fit | flail | flange | flapping | flaunt | flick | flicker | flip | flit | flitter | float | flop | flourish | flow | flurry | fluster | flusteration | flustration | flutter | flutteration | flutteriness | fly | foil | fold | foment | fomentation | foofaraw | fracas | free-for-all | frenzy | fret | fume | furor | furore | fury | fuss | fussiness | gall | gnarl | go pitapat | gutter | hammer | handle | hang | hang down | hell broke loose | hill | howl | hubbub | hue and cry | hullabaloo | hump | hunch | hurly-burly | imbrication | inquietude | jangle | jitters | jog | joggle | jumpiness | knob | knock | knot | knur | knurl | lambaste | lamella | lamina | laminated glass | laminated wood | lap | lappet | larrup | lash | lather | leaf | lip | loop | lop | loud noise | lump | maelstrom | malaise | maul | membrane | moil | mole | mountain | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | nevus | nod | noise | noise and shouting | nub | nubbin | nubble | oscillate | oscillation | outcry | overlap | overlapping | overlay | overlayer | palpitate | palpitation | pandemonium | pane | panel | panic | papilloma | passion | paste | patina | patter | peel | peg | pellicle | pelt | pend | perturbation | pitapat | pitter-patter | plait | plank | plate | plating | ply | plywood | pommel | pother | pound | pucker | pulse | pulverize | pummel | quarrel | quiver | racket | rage | rap | rasher | rattle | report | restlessness | rhubarb | rib | ridge | ring | roar | roil | rout | row | ruckus | ruction | rumble | rumpus | safety glass | sag | scramble | scum | seethe | seething | shake | sheet | shindy | shivaree | shoulder | skin | slab | slam | slap | slat | sledgehammer | slice | smack | spank | spasm | spine | splat | splutter | spurt | sputter | state | stew | stir | storminess | stripe | stud | style | swag | swap | sweat | swing | swirl | swivet | tab | table | tablet | tail | tap | tempestuousness | thrash | thresh | throb | thump | thunder | thunderclap | thwack | tintamarre | tizzy | to-do | trail | trepidation | trepidity | tubercle | tubercule | tumult | tumultuation | tumultuousness | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | twitter | twitteration | undulate | unease | unquiet | unrest | uproar | upset | veneer | verruca | vesicle | vibrate | vortex | wafer | wag | waggle | wale | wallop | wart | wave | waver | weep | welt | whack | wham | whap | whip | whirl | whomp | whop | wield | wigwag | wildness | zeal | zealousness

See Also | aerofoil | agitation | airfoil | animal tissue | articulate | barndoor | bate | beat | clap | coattail | codpiece | control surface | covering | cusp | dag | displace | earflap | earlap | enounce | enunciate | flail | fly | fly sheet | fret | fuss | jag | landing flap | lap | leaflet | luff | move | niggle | overlap | pocket flap | pound | pronounce | protective fold | say | soft palate | sound out | surface | tent flap | tent-fly | thresh | thump | tongue | undulation | uvula | velum | wave | wing

Flap In Webster's Dictionary

\Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap, and E. flap, v.] Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment. A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. --Sir T. Browne. 2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. 3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing. 4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses. {Flap tile}, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. {Flap valve} (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.
\Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flapping}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.] 1. To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope. 2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. {To flap in the mouth}, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
\Flap\, v. i. 1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell. 2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. --Gay.

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