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flap
Found in thesaurus: agitation, undulation, aerofoil, airfoil, move, thump, displace, niggle, sound out, enunciate, pronounce
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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:
The arts
- Flap, a minor character in the film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
- Flap, a boss character in the arcade game Gaiapolis
- Flap, an alternative title for the film The Last Warrior
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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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Flap (der)
nm.
flap, moveable part attached only on one side (usually hangs loosely or covers something)
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flap
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