'Flap' definitions:
Definition of 'flap'
From: WordNet
noun
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
noun
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap]
noun
noun
A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
noun
A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag [syn: flap, flaps]
verb
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave]
verb
Move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
verb
Move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" [syn: beat, flap]
verb
Move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" [syn: beat, flap]
verb
verb
Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Definition of 'Flap'
From: GCIDE
- Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
- 1. To beat with a flap; to strike. [1913 Webster]
- Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. [1913 Webster]
- To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flap'
From: GCIDE
- Flap \Flap\, v. i.
- 1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. [1913 Webster]
- The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flap'
From: GCIDE
- Flap \Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap, and E. flap, v.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Aeronautics) a movable part of an airplane wing, used to increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or landing. used often in the plural. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flap'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- applique,
- argument,
- bag,
- bang,
- baste,
- batter,
- beat,
- beating,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- bicker,
- bilge,
- blain,
- blast,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- boss,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bow,
- box,
- brandish,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- bubble,
- buffet,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- burst,
- bust,
- bustle,
- button,
- cacophony,
- cahot,
- cascade,
- chaos,
- charivari,
- chine,
- chirm,
- churn,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clash,
- clatter,
- clump,
- coat,
- coating,
- collop,
- commotion,
- condyle,
- confusion,
- conturbation,
- convex,
- covering,
- crack,
- crash,
- crump,
- cuff,
- cut,
- daggle,
- dance,
- dangle,
- deal,
- depend,
- din,
- discomposure,
- discord,
- disk,
- disorder,
- dispute,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- donnybrook,
- dowel,
- drabble,
- drag,
- draggle,
- drape,
- droop,
- drub,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- ear,
- ebullition,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- fall,
- fanaticism,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- feuille,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- film,
- fit,
- flail,
- flange,
- flapping,
- flaunt,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flit,
- flitter,
- float,
- flop,
- flourish,
- flow,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flusteration,
- flustration,
- flutter,
- flutteration,
- flutteriness,
- fly,
- foil,
- fold,
- foment,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- frenzy,
- fret,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- gall,
- gnarl,
- go pitapat,
- gutter,
- hammer,
- handle,
- hang,
- hang down,
- hell broke loose,
- hill,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- hump,
- hunch,
- hurly-burly,
- imbrication,
- inquietude,
- jangle,
- jitters,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jumpiness,
- knob,
- knock,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lambaste,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lap,
- lappet,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lather,
- leaf,
- lip,
- loop,
- lop,
- loud noise,
- lump,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- maul,
- membrane,
- moil,
- mole,
- mountain,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- nevus,
- nod,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- oscillate,
- oscillation,
- outcry,
- overlap,
- overlapping,
- overlay,
- overlayer,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- pandemonium,
- pane,
- panel,
- panic,
- papilloma,
- passion,
- paste,
- patina,
- patter,
- peel,
- peg,
- pellicle,
- pelt,
- pend,
- perturbation,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- plait,
- plank,
- plate,
- plating,
- ply,
- plywood,
- pommel,
- pother,
- pound,
- pucker,
- pulse,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- quarrel,
- quiver,
- racket,
- rage,
- rap,
- rasher,
- rattle,
- report,
- restlessness,
- rhubarb,
- rib,
- ridge,
- ring,
- roar,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- safety glass,
- sag,
- scramble,
- scum,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shake,
- sheet,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- shoulder,
- skin,
- slab,
- slam,
- slap,
- slat,
- sledgehammer,
- slice,
- smack,
- spank,
- spasm,
- spine,
- splat,
- splutter,
- spurt,
- sputter,
- state,
- stew,
- stir,
- storminess,
- stripe,
- stud,
- style,
- swag,
- swap,
- sweat,
- swing,
- swirl,
- swivet,
- tab,
- table,
- tablet,
- tail,
- tap,
- tempestuousness,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- throb,
- thump,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- thwack,
- tintamarre,
- tizzy,
- to-do,
- trail,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- tumultuousness,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- twitteration,
- undulate,
- unease,
- unquiet,
- unrest,
- uproar,
- upset,
- veneer,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- vibrate,
- vortex,
- wafer,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wale,
- wallop,
- wart,
- wave,
- waver,
- weep,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whap,
- whip,
- whirl,
- whomp,
- whop,
- wield,
- wigwag,
- wildness,
- zeal,
- zealousness