Defenition of the word flap

• Defenition of the word flap

  • A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. (Webster, 1913)
  • 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. (Webster 1913)
  • move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
  • move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
  • make a fuss; be agitated
  • an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
  • any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
  • a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
  • pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
  • move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
  • the motion made by flapping up and down
  • a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
  • move in a wavy pattern, as of curtains
  • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
  • move with a flapping motion; "The bird''s wings were flapping"
  • any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
  • an excited state of agitation
  • move noisily
  • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  • move with a flapping motion
  • move with a thrashing motion

Synonyms for the word flap

• • beat
  • commotion
  • dither
  • flail
  • flapping
  • flaps
  • flopping
  • fluster
  • flutter
  • fluttering
  • fret
  • fuss
  • get into a state
  • panic
  • pother
  • run about like a headless chicken
  • shake
  • state
  • stress
  • tizzy
  • undulate
  • wag
  • wave
  • worry

Similar words in the flap

• • flap
  • flapjack
  • flapjack's
  • flapjacks
  • flapped
  • flapper
  • flapper's
  • flappers
  • flapping
  • flaps

Meronymys for the word flap

• • wing

Hyponyms for the word flap

• • barndoor
  • bate
  • clap
  • coattail
  • codpiece
  • cusp
  • dag
  • earflap
  • earlap
  • flail
  • flutter
  • fly
  • fly sheet
  • jag
  • landing flap
  • lap
  • leaflet
  • luff
  • overlap
  • pocket flap
  • protective fold
  • rainfly
  • soft palate
  • tent flap
  • tent-fly
  • thresh
  • tongue
  • uvula
  • velum

Hypernyms for the word flap

• • aerofoil
  • agitation
  • airfoil
  • animal tissue
  • articulate
  • beat
  • control surface
  • covering
  • displace
  • enounce
  • enunciate
  • flap
  • fret
  • fuss
  • move
  • niggle
  • pound
  • pronounce
  • say
  • sound out
  • surface
  • thump
  • undulation
  • wave

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