Definition of Flaps. Meaning of Flaps. Synonyms of Flaps

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Definition of Flaps

Flap
Flap 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.
Flap
Flap 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 Flaps 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...
- trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used to reduce the take-off distance and the landing distance. Flaps also cause an increase in drag so they...
- Blown flaps, blown wing or jet flaps are powered aerodynamic high-lift devices used on the wings of certain aircraft to improve their low-speed flight...
- be easier to clean. Bum flaps are often worn as a superfluous fashion statement, usually emblazoned with punk iconography. Flaps are usually constructed...
- of contact directly, as a very brief stop, and a flap strikes the point of contact tangentially: "Flaps are most typically made by retracting the tongue...
- Derrick, Donald; Gick, Bryan (2011). "Individual variation in English flaps and taps: a case of categorical phonetics". Canadian Journal of Linguistics...
- of the night sky and to harmonize with the warm temperatures. The tipi flaps are hoisted by the firekeeper with two poles to open or close the vent....
- Krueger flaps, or Krüger flaps, are lift enhancement devices that may be ****ed to the leading edge of an aircraft wing. Unlike slats or droop flaps, the...
- air is placed near the cylinder walls. Tumble flaps are used to realize this stratified charge. The flaps remain closed during the stratified charge mode...
- Mutton flaps, or breast of lamb, are an inexpensive cut of meat from a sheep. Consisting of a sheep's lower rib meat, mutton flaps are considered a low-quality...