Flap
Definition of Flap
| n. | 1. | 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. | | 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. | (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses. | | 5. | (Aeronautics) a movable part of an airplane wing, used to increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or landing. used often in the plural. | | v. t. | 1. | To beat with a flap; to strike. | | 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. - W. Cartwright. |
| | v. i. | 1. | To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. | | 2. | To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. |
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Flannel
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flannelbush
flannelcake
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Flap tile
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Flapper
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Flare
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flash in the pan
Flash light
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