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Definition of Flap

1. Verb. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. "The waves rolled towards the beach"

2. Noun. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely. "He wrote on the flap of the envelope"

3. Verb. Move noisily. "Flags flapped in the strong wind"

4. Noun. An excited state of agitation. "There was a terrible flap about the theft"

5. Verb. Move with a thrashing motion. "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"

6. Noun. The motion made by flapping up and down.

7. Verb. Move with a flapping motion. "The bird's wings were flapping"

8. Noun. A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body.

9. Verb. Make a fuss; be agitated.

10. Noun. A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag.

11. Verb. Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds.

Definition of Flap

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To beat with a flap; to strike.

3. v. i. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.

Definition of Flap

1. Noun. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved. ¹

2. Noun. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. ¹

3. Noun. An upset, stir, scandal or controversy ¹

4. Noun. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it. ¹

5. Noun. A disease in the lips of horses. ¹

6. Noun. (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane. ¹

7. Noun. (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery. ¹

8. Noun. (slang) Vagina. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) back and forth. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flap

1. to wave up and down [v FLAPPED, FLAPPING, FLAPS]

Medical Definition of Flap

1. 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. 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, a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve. Origin: OE. Flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. Flap, and E. Flap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flap

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flannels flannen flannens flannie flans flap amputation flap down flap gate flap one's gums flap operation

flapcake flapdoodle flapdoodles flaperon flaperons flapgate flapgates flapjack flapjacks

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