flap

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /flæp/

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Noun

Singular flap

Plural flaps

1. (countable) A flap is something that is long and loose that moves, often covering something.
2. (countable) A flap is when people get excited and talk about something that happened.

   The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.

3. (countable) Flap is the movement of anything long and loose, or the sound made from it.

   He opened the door with a flap.

   I can hear the flap of the flag, it must be windy.

4. (countable) (aviation) A flap is the part of the airplane wing that moves.

   The pilot put the flaps up so the plan would go up.

Related words

• fold
• commotion

Verb

Plain form flap

Third-person singular flaps

Past tense flapped

Past participle flapped

Present participle flapping

1. (transitive) If you flap something, you move something long back and forward.
2. (intransitive) If you flap, you move loosely back and forward.

   The bird flapped its wings.

   The flag flapped in the wind.

Related words

• flapper