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flap  (flp)

n.

1. A flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side.

2. A projecting or hanging piece usually intended to double over and protect or cover: the flap of an envelope.

3.

a. The act of waving or fluttering: the flap of the flag in the wind.

b. The sound produced by this motion.

4. A blow given with something flat; a slap.

5. A variable control surface on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, used primarily to increase lift or drag.

6. Either of the folded ends of a book jacket that fit inside the front and back covers.

7. Medicine Tissue that has been partially detached and used in surgical grafting to fill an adjacent defect or cover the cut end of a bone after amputation.

8. Linguistics A sound articulated by a single, quick touch of the tongue against the teeth or alveolar ridge, as (t) in water. Also called tap¹.

9. Informal A commotion or disturbance: a flap in Congress over the defense budget.

v. flapped, flap·ping, flaps

v.tr.

1. To wave (the arms, for example) up and down.

2. To cause to move or sway with a fluttering or waving motion.

3. To hit with something broad and flat; slap.

4. Informal To fling down; toss.

v.intr.

1. To move or sway while fixed at one edge or corner; flutter: banners flapping in the breeze.

2. To wave arms or wings up and down.

3. To fly by beating the air with the wings.

4. Informal To become upset or flustered.

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[Middle English flappe, slap.]

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flap

Verb

[flapping, flapped]

to move backwards and forwards or up and down, like a bird's wings in flight

Noun

1. the action of or noise made by flapping

2. a piece of material attached at one edge and usually used to cover an opening, such as on a pocket

3. a hinged section of an aircraft wing that is raised or lowered to control the aircraft's speed

4. Informal a state of panic or agitation [probably imitative]

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Flap of nuns—Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" barndoor - an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas coattail - the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist codpiece - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) earflap, earlap - one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm dag, jag - a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing overlap, lap - a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches" pocket flap - a flap that covers the access to a pocket fly sheet, rainfly, tent flap, tent-fly, fly - flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent tongue - the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
	2.	flap - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" dither, fuss, pother, tizzy agitation - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
	3.	flap - the motion made by flapping up and down flapping, fluttering, flutter undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
	4.	flap - a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals uvula - a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate soft palate, velum - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking protective fold - a flap of tissue that protects what it covers leaflet, cusp - a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
	5.	flap - a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag flaps aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, surface - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight landing flap - a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
Verb	1.	flap - move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" undulate, wave, roll move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" luff - flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the sails luffed"
	2.	flap - move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind" thump, beat, pound - move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
	3.	flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" beat move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" flutter - flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead" flap, beat - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" bate - flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons clap - cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings"
	4.	flap - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" beat move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" flap, beat - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" flail, thresh - move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing" clap - strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
	5.	flap - make a fuss; be agitated dither, pother fret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
	6.	flap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

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flap

verb 1. flutter, wave, swing, swish, flail

verb 2. beat, wave, thrash, flutter, agitate, wag, vibrate, shake, thresh

verb 3. (Informal) panic, fuss, dither chiefly Brit.

noun 4. cover, covering, tail, fold, skirt, tab, overlap, fly, apron, lapel, lappet

noun 5. flutter, beating, waving, shaking, swinging, bang, banging, swish

noun 6. (Informal) panic, state (informal) agitation, commotion, sweat (informal) stew (informal) dither chiefly Brit. fluster, twitter (informal) tizzy (informal)

Translations

flap [flæp] n [of pocket, envelope] → solapa; [of table] → hoja (plegadiza) (= wing movement); aletazo;

(AVIAT) → flap m

vt [+ wings] → batir

vi [sail, flag] → ondear

flap [flæp] n [of pocket, envelope] → rabat m

vt [+ wings] → battre (de)

vi [sail, flag] → claquer;

(inf) (also: be in a flap) → paniquer

flap [flæp] n → Klappe f;

(of envelope) → Lasche f

vt → schlagen mit

vi → flattern;

(inf) (also: be in a flap) → in heller Aufregung sein

flap [flæp] n [of pocket] → patta; [of envelope] → lembo;

(AVIAT) → flap m inv

vt [+ wings] → battere

vi [sail, flag] → sbattere;

(col) (also: be in a flap) → essere in agitazione

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flap

n flap [flӕp]

1 anything broad or wide that hangs loosely a flap of canvas.klapثَنْيَه، حاشِيَهвисулкаcíp, šosklap; lapder Lappenπτερύγιο, φύλλοsolapa; faldónlapakas, siilهر چیز مسطح و شل که به شکل پرده آویخته می شودkaistale, läppäpanדַשफ्लैपpreklopfül (sapkáé, könyvborítóé)kelepak(laust) hornlemboたれ下ったもの봉투나 주머니의 뚜껑처럼 싸거나 덮기 위해 덧댄 부분kas nukaręs/kabantisatloks; pārloks; stērbelekelepakflapklaff, –lappklap(k)a, brzegabalucru care atârnăчто-л. свешивающеесяcípkrpa; bavtara; naušniki; loputalepršanjeflikสิ่งที่เปิดปิดได้flap, kanatlı kapak下垂物полаبڑا اور چوڑا کپڑے ، لکڑی وغیرہ کا لٹکتا ہوا ٹکڑاnắp下垂物

2 the sound made when such a thing moves We could hear the flap of the flag blowing in the wind.klapرَفْرَفَهплясъкpleskáníblafren; flagren; smækkender Schlagπλατάγισμα, ανέμισμαaleteolaksatusصدای تپ تپlepatusbattementחָבַטָהहवाई जहाज के पंखlepršanje, mahanje(szárny)csapkodáskepakansmellur, skellur; slátturlo sbattereぱたぱたする音파닥거리는 소리plazdenimas, plakimas(is)plandīšanās; plivināšanaberkibar-kibarhet klapperendasking, blafring, slagłopot, trzepotaniebatidafâlfâitхлопаньеtrepotanieplahutanjelandaranjedask, klatsch, smällเสียงที่เกิดจากการโบกขึ้นโบกลงçarpma sesi拍打聲легкий удар; ляпанецьایسی چیز کی حرکت سے نکلنے والی آوازsự đập; sự vỗ cánh拍打

3 great confusion or panic They are all in a terrible flap.opskuddingإضْطِراب أو فَزَعпаникаzmatekopstandelse; panikdie Aufregungταραχή, πανικόςpánicoähmدستپاچگیpaniikkipaniqueלְאַבֵּד אֶת הָעֵשתוֹנוֹתउत्तेजनाuzbuđenje, gužva, panikaizgalompanikringulreið; uppnámagitazioneろうばい흥분, 당황sumaištisuztraukums; panikapanikpaniekforvirring, panikk, oppstandelseporuszenie, zamieszaniepânicopanicăпаникаzmätokpreplahpanikapanikความวิตกกังวลtelâş, endişe慌亂розгубленість; сум'яттяہلچل، اضطرابxao xuyến慌乱

v – past tense, past participle flapped –

1 to (make something) move with the sound of a flap the leaves were flapping in the breeze; The bird flapped its wings.klapيُحَرِّك النِّسيمплющяtřepetat (se), mávatbaske; baske medhin und her bewegen, schlagenφτεροκοπώ, ανεμίζω, κυματίζωondear, agitar, aletear, batirlipendama, laksutamaبالا و پایین رفتن و صدای تپ تپ کردنlepattaa, räpyttääbattre (des ailes)לְנַפנֵףहिलनाmahati, lepršaticsapkodmengepakkanblakta; blakaagitarsi; battere, sbattereぱたぱたする퍼덕이다plazdenti, plaktis, plaikstytisplandīties; plivinātiesmengepakkanklapperenblafre, flakse, slå med vingenełopotać, trzepotaćagitar(-se)a bate (din aripi)колыхаться;хлопатьtrepotať (sa)plahutatilepršatiklappa, slå, daska, smällaทำให้ขยับโดยมีเสียงขยับขึ้นลงçırpmak, hışırdamak拍打плескати, ляпатиکسی چیز کو پھڑپھڑاہٹ کی آواز کے ساتھ حرکت دیناđập đen đét; vỗ đen đét拍打

2 to become confused; to get into a panic There is no need to flap.skarrelيَضْطَرِب، يَفْزَعпаникьосвам (се)zmatkovat, panikařitblive forvirret; gå i paniksich aufregenτα χάνω, πανικοβάλλομαιinquietarsepabinasse minemaدستپاچه شدنhermoillapaniquerלְהִתרָגֵשहल्के से मारना, चिन्ता करनाuzrujati se, uskomešati sebegyulladkalutruglast; komast í uppnámagitarsiろうばいする당황하다, 혼란스러워하다blaškytis, panikuotiuztraukties; krist panikākalutin paniek rakenlage oppstandelse/stor ståheitracić panowanie, panikowaćatrapalhar-sea intra în panicăпаниковатьpanikáriťpreplašiti seuspaničiti seråka i panikทำให้สับสนtelâşa düşmek, heyecanlanmak驚慌метушитисяمضطرب ہو جاناbối rối惊慌