flap
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2.0
- noun
- /flæp/
- "Open it up and look," Connie grumbled as she pushed the flaps open.
- a flap of wings
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- And we did five flaps up and down the ice runway for hands down.
- KSI mixes it with pros and it's all like people taking the Mickey out of his style and doing the old arm flaps and all that.
Examples
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Leg flap, leg flap, leg flap!
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Alice heard screams and strange cries, the flapping of wings, and the pounding of hooves.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yeah, a flap of the wings on one side of the planet can cause waves on the other.
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Would whoever is making that flapping sound quiet down?
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As Berlin arrives, doors on the opposite wall flap together like somebody just hurried out.
Fiction book (1992) -
Something is stowed inside a homemade flap in the lining of his coat.
Fiction book (1993) -
And you can make pocket flaps in all kinds of shapes and sizes and styles.
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Myrmeen heard Varina scream again, the sound coupled with the flapping of wings.
Fiction book (1992) -
A little Italian flag taped to the handlebars of Louis's bike flaps in the breeze he stirs up.
Fiction book (1999) -
The flap of the bird's wings was barely audible as it soared through the sky.
Synonyms
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2.7
A quick, light repeated movement, like wings or leaves
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1.0
A repeated up-and-down movement of wings, flags, or sails
3
3.0
A quick, light movement up and down by wings or leaves
2
6.8
The repeated sound wings make when they move
1
7.4
A sudden quick movement like a bird or insect passing
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
1
3.5
A piece of cloth that covers a pocket opening to keep things safe and make the pocket look neater
- Specialized
1
5.5
A part under a plane wing that moves down to give more lift and slow the plane when landing
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flap as a movement comes from the action word that imitates a quick hitting sound, like a bird's wings making a sharp 'flap'. So a flap is that quick up-and-down movement you see when something beats the air.