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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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