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Flap

noun
1.
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely.
2.
An excited state of agitation.  Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy.  "There was a terrible flap about the theft"
3.
The motion made by flapping up and down.  Synonyms: flapping, flutter, fluttering.
4.
A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body.
5.
A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag.  Synonym: flaps.
verb
(past & past part. flapped; pres. part. flapping)
1.
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.  Synonyms: roll, undulate, wave.  "The waves rolled towards the beach"
2.
Move noisily.
3.
Move with a thrashing motion.  Synonym: beat.  "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
4.
Move with a flapping motion.  Synonym: beat.
5.
Make a fuss; be agitated.  Synonyms: dither, pother.
6.
Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds.



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"Flap" Quotes from Famous Books



... them the whole of our latter-day art depends. The most brilliant dithyrambs are those that flap their wings in void space and are clothed in mist and dense obscurity. To appreciate this, ...
— The Birds • Aristophanes
... only his excuse—mere flap-doodle!" interrupted the pessimistic Jerrold. "He was foolin' you; he'd heard of suthin better! The idea of calling that affair an 'accident,' or one that would stop ...
— From Sand Hill to Pine • Bret Harte
... I. Then again, some ten years after, a youth is seen careering on a chestnut horse in Parliament Street, when a runaway butcher's cart cannoned against his shying steed, the wheel ripping up a saddle-flap, just as the rider had instantaneously shifted his right leg close to the horse's neck! But for that providence, death or a crushed ...
— My Life as an Author • Martin Farquhar Tupper
... a tent-flap," said Francis's buoyant voice outside then. "But it's time we were on our way, Marjorie. There ought to be a bathrobe in that bundle of Lucille's. Slip it on and I'll show ...
— I've Married Marjorie • Margaret Widdemer
... confidence and anticipation he inserted his finger under the flap of the envelope and tore it open. With lightning speed his eyes skimmed the oddly written lines. Then a short, inarticulate sound escaped him, and the blood suddenly ...
— The Mystics - A Novel • Katherine Cecil Thurston


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