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
flapped
simple past tense and past participle of flap
flapped (not comparable)
Fitted with a flap.
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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
