Flap Definition

flăp
flapped, flapping, flaps
noun
flaps
Anything flat and broad that is attached at one end and hangs loose or covers an opening.
The flap of a pocket.
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Either of the two parts of a book's dust jacket that fold inside the book's covers, typically containing a summary of the book's contents and a brief biographical sketch of its author.
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The motion or slapping sound of a swinging flap.
The flap of an awning in the breeze.
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A pilot-controlled airfoil; esp., a section hinged to the trailing edge of a wing between the aileron and the fuselage, usually used to increase lift or drag.
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A state of excitement, controversy, or agitation.
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verb
flapped, flapping, flaps
To move (wings or arms, for example) up and down.
American Heritage
To strike with something flat and broad; slap.
Webster's New World
To move back and forth or up and down as in beating the air, usually with some noise.
A bird flapping its wings.
Webster's New World
To cause to move or sway with a fluttering or waving motion.
The wind is flapping the tent fly.
American Heritage
To throw, fling, slam, etc. abruptly or noisily.
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Other Word Forms of Flap

Noun

Singular:
flap
Plural:
flaps

Origin of Flap

  • Middle English flappe slap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English flappe (“slap”)

    From Wiktionary

Flap Sentence Examples

  • Do you think my jaws flap too much?

  • It fastens in front by a flap, having two small buttons or knots at the left shoulder, and seldom comes below the hips.

  • Do you know how to make flap jacks?

  • The " Scharnhorst " was hit twice with little injury; the " Gneisenau " received three hits, one of which bent the flap of the after turret, an injury of little moment.

  • Let this potential be denoted by V, and let v be the potential of the guard plate and the aluminium flap. This last potential is maintained constant by guard plate and flap being part of the interior coating of a charged Leyden jar.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLA

Words Ending With

PAPLAP

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Words Starting With F and Ending With P

Starts With F & Ends With PStarts With FL & Ends With PStarts With F & Ends With AP

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With F4 Letter Words Ending With P