flap

Speech parts

1. flap - Noun

2. flap - Verb

Meaning

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 hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

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.

A disease in the lips of horses.

To beat with a flap; to strike.

To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.

To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.

To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wave beat flutter fluttering wag roll swing shake sway quiver fuss waggle flaps dither undulate
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Antonyms

fortitude description answer confidence deny courage
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Hypernyms

surface move say niggle wave covering

Hyponyms

bate dag jag luff thresh fly

Phrases with the word

in a flap Fowler flap Krueger flap Fairey-Youngman flap flap about flap one's jowls

Derivatives

flapped flapping

Anagrams

PLAF

Examples

The bird's wings were flapping Source: Internet

The bird flapped its wings Source: Internet

The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky Source: Internet

he was in a dither Source: Internet

there was a terrible flap about the theft Source: Internet

he wrote on the flap of the envelope Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Flansburg Flansy flaouna flap about flap copy flap doodle