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flap

Nouns

• (n) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
  • he wrote on the flap of the envelope
• (n) an excited state of agitation
  • he was in a dither
  • there was a terrible flap about the theft
  dither, fuss, pother, tizzy,
• (n) the motion made by flapping up and down flapping, fluttering, flutter,
• (n) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
• (n) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag flaps,

Verbs

• (v) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  • The curtains undulated
  • the waves rolled towards the beach
  undulate, wave, roll,
• (v) move noisily
  • flags flapped in the strong wind
• (v) move with a thrashing motion
  • The bird flapped its wings
  • The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
  beat,
• (v) move with a flapping motion
  • The bird's wings were flapping
  beat,
• (v) make a fuss; be agitated dither, pother,
• (v) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds

Synonyms

undulate wave roll dither fuss pother tizzy beat flapping fluttering flutter flaps

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