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Meaning of 'flap' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flap [ n.]
- To beat with a flap; to strike.
- To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
2 . Flap [ v.]
- Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
- A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
- 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.
- A disease in the lips of horses.
3 . Flap [ v. i.]
- To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
- To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.

Meaning of 'flap' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flap [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an excited state of agitation
Example in sentence:
  • he was in a dither;
  • there was a terrible flap about the theft
Meaning (2):
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
Example in sentence:
  • he wrote on the flap of the envelope
3 . flap [ v]
Meaning (3):
- move noisily
Example in sentence:
  • flags flapped in the strong wind;
  • The old man banged around the house;
  • The window banged shut
Meaning (4):
- move with a thrashing motion
Example in sentence:
  • The bird flapped its wings;
  • The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Meaning (5):
- move with a flapping motion
Example in sentence:
  • The bird's wings were flapping
Meaning (6):
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Example in sentence:
  • The curtains undulated;
  • the waves rolled towards the beach

Nearby Words:

flabbergast flabbergastation flabbily flabbiness flabby flabel flabellate flabellation flabelliform flabellinerved

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