flap

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

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

vt [+ wings] → battre (de)

vi [sail, flag] → claquer;

(inf) (also: be in a flap) → paniquer

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flap [flæp] n → Klappe f;

(of envelope) → Lasche f

vt → schlagen mit

vi → flattern;

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

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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. klap ثَنْيَه، حاشِيَه висулка cíp, šos klap; lap der Lappen πτερύγιο, φύλλο solapa; faldón lapakas, siil هر چیز مسطح و شل که به شکل پرده آویخته می شود kaistale, läppä pan דַש फ्लैप preklop fül (sapkáé, könyvborítóé) kelepak (laust) horn lembo たれ下ったもの 봉투나 주머니의 뚜껑처럼 싸거나 덮기 위해 덧댄 부분 kas nukaręs/kabantis atloks; pārloks; stērbele kelepak flap klaff, –lapp klap(k)a, brzeg aba lucru care atârnă что-л. свешивающееся cíp krpa; bavtara; naušniki; loputa lepršanje flik สิ่งที่เปิดปิดได้ flap, kanatlı kapak 下垂物 пола بڑا اور چوڑا کپڑے ، لکڑی وغیرہ کا لٹکتا ہوا ٹکڑا nắp 下垂物

2 the sound made when such a thing moves We could hear the flap of the flag blowing in the wind. klap رَفْرَفَه плясък pleskání blafren; flagren; smækken der Schlag πλατάγισμα, ανέμισμα aleteo laksatus صدای تپ تپ lepatus battement חָבַטָה हवाई जहाज के पंख lepršanje, mahanje (szárny)csapkodás kepakan smellur, skellur; sláttur lo sbattere ぱたぱたする音 파닥거리는 소리 plazdenimas, plakimas(is) plandīšanās; plivināšana berkibar-kibar het klapperen dasking, blafring, slag łopot, trzepotanie batida fâlfâit хлопанье trepotanie plahutanje landaranje dask, klatsch, smäll เสียงที่เกิดจากการโบกขึ้นโบกลง çarpma sesi 拍打聲 легкий удар; ляпанець ایسی چیز کی حرکت سے نکلنے والی آواز sự đập; sự vỗ cánh 拍打

3 great confusion or panic They are all in a terrible flap. opskudding إضْطِراب أو فَزَع паника zmatek opstandelse; panik die Aufregung ταραχή, πανικός pánico ähm دستپاچگی paniikki panique לְאַבֵּד אֶת הָעֵשתוֹנוֹת उत्तेजना uzbuđenje, gužva, panika izgalom panik ringulreið; uppnám agitazione ろうばい 흥분, 당황 sumaištis uztraukums; panika panik paniek forvirring, panikk, oppstandelse poruszenie, zamieszanie pânico panică паника zmätok preplah panika panik ความวิตกกังวล telâş, endişe 慌亂 розгубленість; сум'яття ہلچل، اضطراب xao 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. klap يُحَرِّك النِّسيم плющя třepetat (se), mávat baske; baske med hin und her bewegen, schlagen φτεροκοπώ, ανεμίζω, κυματίζω ondear, agitar, aletear, batir lipendama, laksutama بالا و پایین رفتن و صدای تپ تپ کردن lepattaa, räpyttää battre (des ailes) לְנַפנֵף हिलना mahati, lepršati csapkod mengepakkan blakta; blaka agitarsi; battere, sbattere ぱたぱたする 퍼덕이다 plazdenti, plaktis, plaikstytis plandīties; plivināties mengepakkan klapperen blafre, flakse, slå med vingene łopotać, trzepotać agitar(-se) a bate (din aripi) колыхаться;хлопать trepotať (sa) plahutati lepršati klappa, slå, daska, smälla ทำให้ขยับโดยมีเสียงขยับขึ้นลง çırpmak, hışırdamak 拍打 плескати, ляпати کسی چیز کو پھڑپھڑاہٹ کی آواز کے ساتھ حرکت دینا đập đen đét; vỗ đen đét 拍打

2 to become confused; to get into a panic There is no need to flap. skarrel يَضْطَرِب، يَفْزَع паникьосвам (се) zmatkovat, panikařit blive forvirret; gå i panik sich aufregen τα χάνω, πανικοβάλλομαι inquietarse pabinasse minema دستپاچه شدن hermoilla paniquer לְהִתרָגֵש हल्के से मारना, चिन्ता करना uzrujati se, uskomešati se begyullad kalut ruglast; komast í uppnám agitarsi ろうばいする 당황하다, 혼란스러워하다 blaškytis, panikuoti uztraukties; krist panikā kalut in paniek raken lage oppstandelse/stor ståhei tracić panowanie, panikować atrapalhar-se a intra în panică паниковать panikáriť preplašiti se uspaničiti se råka i panik ทำให้สับสน telâşa düşmek, heyecanlanmak 驚慌 метушитися مضطرب ہو جانا bối rối 惊慌