Flap /(?)/
Flap
n.
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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.
- A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
- 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.
- A disease in the lips of horses. (Far.)
- a movable part of an airplane wing, used to increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or landing. used often in the plural. (Aeronautics)
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
Flap
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flapping
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To beat with a flap; to strike.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings.
- To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
Phrases & Compounds
- To flap in the mouth
- to taunt.
Flap
v. i.
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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.
- To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.