Found 3 items, similar to flap.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: flap
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flap
flap
n 1: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge;
hangs loose or projects freely;
“he wrote on the flap of
the envelope”
2: an excited state of agitation;
“he was in a dither”;
“there
was a terrible flap about the theft” [syn:
dither,
pother,
fuss,
tizzy]
3: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn:
flapping,
flutter,
fluttering]
4: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
5: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to
increase lift or drag [syn:
flaps]
[also:
flapping,
flapped]
flap
v 1: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
“The curtains undulated”;
“the waves rolled towards the
beach” [syn:
roll,
undulate,
wave]
2: move noisily;
“flags flapped in the strong wind”
3: move with a thrashing motion;
“The bird flapped its wings”;
“The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky”
[syn:
beat]
4: move with a flapping motion;
“The bird's wings were
flapping” [syn:
beat]
5: make a fuss; be agitated [syn:
dither,
pother]
6: pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
[also:
flapping,
flapped]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
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2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
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To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
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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.
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A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
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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.
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4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
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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.
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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.
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Flap
\Flap\, v. i.
1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to
fly with wings beating the air.
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The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell.
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2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or
other broad thing. --Gay.
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