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)
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 building
Butt flap, a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocks
Sluice or flap gate, a pressure driven water flow control device between a channel and other water body
Flap consonant, a sound produced by brief contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth
Intervocalic alveolar flapping, a process by which a /t/ phoneme] before an unstressed vowel is pronounced as a flap consonant
Free flap, a surgical transfer of vascularised tissue
Flap (Little Nemo), a minor character from Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Route flapping, when a router alternately advertises a destination network first via one route then another
Brouhaha, a general state of social agitation
5-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 [
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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
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)