FLAP

flap

(noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; “he wrote on the flap of the envelope”

flap, flaps

(noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

flap

(noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body

flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering

(noun) the motion made by flapping up and down

dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”

flap

(verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds

dither, flap, pother

(verb) make a fuss; be agitated

flap

(verb) move noisily; “flags flapped in the strong wind”

beat, flap

(verb) move with a flapping motion; “The bird’s wings were flapping”

beat, flap

(verb) move with a thrashing motion; “The bird flapped its wings”; “The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

flap (plural flaps)

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

A hinged leaf.

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

A side fin of a ray.

Synonym: wing

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

A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.

Synonym: Thesaurus:commotion

(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound ɾ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

Synonym: tap

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

(veterinary medicine) A disease in the lips of horses.

(slang, vulgar) Chiefly in the plural: the female genitals.

(obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).

(obsolete) A young prostitute.

Etymology 2

Verb

flap (third-person singular simple present flaps, present participle flapping, simple past and past participle flapped)

(transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.

(intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.

(computing, telecommunications, intransitive) Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

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• PLAF

Source: Wiktionary

Flap, n. Etym: [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap, and E. flap, v.]

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

FLAP

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Verb

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