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FlapFlap Flap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.
flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright. Flap
Flap Flap, v. i.
1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to
fly with wings beating the air.
The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell.
2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or
other broad thing. --Gay.
FlapFlap Flap, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap,
and E. 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 cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
--Sir T.
Browne.
2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
3. 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.
4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner
or catch a drip.
Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one
hinged side; a clack valve.
Meaning of Flap from wikipedia
- Look up
flap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Flap may
refer to:
Flap (film), a 1970
American film
Flap, a boss
character in the
arcade game Gaiapolis...
- A
flap is a high-lift
device used to
reduce the
stalling speed of an
aircraft wing at a
given weight.
Flaps are
usually mounted on the wing
trailing edges...
- § Brackets and
transcription delimiters.
Flapping or tapping, also
known as
alveolar flapping,
intervocalic flapping, or t-voicing, is a
phonological process...
- (allophonic) tap/
flap, but a true tap or
flap is an
active articulation whereas a
trill is a p****ive articulation. That is, for a tap or
flap the
tongue makes...
- A
lateral flap is a
family of
consonantal sounds, used in some
spoken languages.
There are four
attested or
claimed lateral flaps in the world's languages:...
- The
terms free
flap, free
autologous tissue transfer and
microvascular free
tissue transfer are
synonymous terms used to
describe the "transplantation"...
- The
voiced alveolar tap or
flap is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...
- A
tumble flap is a
flap housed in the
intake area of many
modern automotive gasoline engines to
produce a
swirl at right-angles to the
cylinder axis. This...
- The
Gurney flap (or wickerbill) is a
small tab
projecting from the
trailing edge of a wing.
Typically it is set at a
right angle to the pressure-side surface...
-
Flap surgery is a
technique in
plastic and
reconstructive surgery where tissue with an
intact blood supply is
lifted from a
donor site and
moved to a recipient...
