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   Flap

   /flap/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly: "a pheasant flapped its wings" Similar beatfluttermove up and downagitatewavewagwaggleshakeswingtwitchthreshthrashflailvibratequivertrembleoscillate
   • ▪ (of something attached at one point or loosely fastened) flutter or wave around: "the tent bent with the gale, and the corners flapped furiously" Similar flutterswingswayrippleundulatestirshakequivershivertrembleflyblow
   • ▪ wave (something) around or at something or someone: "she flapped the duster angrily"
   • ▪ strike or attempt to strike (something) loosely with one's hand, a cloth, or a broad implement, especially to drive it away.

   noun

   • 1. a piece of something thin, such as cloth, paper, or metal, hinged or attached only on one side, that covers an opening or hangs down from something: "the flap of the envelope" Similar foldoverhangoverlapcoveringlappetlaptab
   • ▪ a hinged or sliding section of an aircraft wing used to control lift: "flaps are normally moved by the hydraulics"
   • 2. a movement of a wing or an arm from side to side or up and down: "the surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps" Similar flutterflutteringbeatbeatingwavingshakingflailing
   • 3. a state of agitation; a panic: informal "they're in a flap over who's going to take Henry's lectures" Similar panicflusterstate of panic/agitationinformal:statedithertwitterblue funkstewtizztizzytiz-woztwitfussagitationcommotionstirhubbubexcitementtumultadostormuproarflurrycontroversyto-dopalaverbrouhahafurorinformal:ballyhoohooplahoo-hasong and dancecarry-onkerfuffle
   • 4. a large broad mushroom.
   • 5. a type of consonant produced by allowing the tip of the tongue to strike the alveolar ridge very briefly.

   Word Origin Middle English: probably imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flappy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   • L

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