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flap
v. loosely move back and forth, flutter (often noisily); move the wings or arms up and down; strike, slap, beat; get excited (Slang)
 
n. loose back and forth movement; sound made by such a movement; moveable part attached only on one side (usually hangs loosely or covers something); uproar, commotion, scandal (Slang); partially separated area of skin (Surgery)


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Flap
Flap may refer to:Flap (aircraft), a hinged surface on the trailing edge of an airplane wingFlap, any hinged plate often used as a cover or a simple one-way valveCat flap, a hinged flap that allows a cat to enter or leave a room or buildingButt flap, a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocksSluice or flap gate, a pressure driven water flow control device between a channel and other water bodyFlap consonant, a sound produced by brief contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouthIntervocalic alveolar flapping, a process by which a /t/ phoneme] before an unstressed vowel is pronounced as a flap consonantFree flap, a surgical transfer of vascularised tissueFlap (Little Nemo), a minor character from Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandRoute flapping, when a router alternately advertises a destination network first via one route then anotherBrouhaha, a general state of social agitation5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP)
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Flaps
Flap 1. a mass of tissue for grafting, usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood [more]Flaps - Community and Resources

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flaps
Noun
1. a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
(synonym) flap
(hypernym) airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
(hyponym) landing flap
(part-holonym) wing

 
flap
Noun
1. any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
(hypernym) covering
(hyponym) barndoor
2. an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
(synonym) dither, pother, fuss, tizzy
(hypernym) agitation
(derivation) dither, pother
3. the motion made by flapping up and down
(synonym) flapping, flutter, fluttering
(hypernym) wave, undulation
(derivation) beat
4. a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
(hypernym) animal tissue
(hyponym) uvula
5. a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
(synonym) flaps
(hypernym) airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
(hyponym) landing flap
(part-holonym) wing
Verb
1. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
(synonym) roll, undulate, wave
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) luff
(derivation) flapping, flutter, fluttering
2. move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
(hypernym) beat, pound, thump
(derivation) flapping, flutter, fluttering
3. move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
(synonym) beat
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) bate
(verb-group) beat
(derivation) flapping, flutter, fluttering
4. move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
(synonym) beat
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) flail, thresh
(verb-group) beat
(derivation) flapping, flutter, fluttering
5. make a fuss; be agitated
(synonym) dither, pother
(hypernym) fuss, niggle, fret
(derivation) dither, pother, fuss, tizzy
6. pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
(hypernym) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say


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Flaps (der)
n. lout, bumpkin, yokel, awkward person
 
Flap (der)
n. flap, moveable part attached only on one side (usually hangs loosely or covers something)

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