flaps

Speech parts

1. flaps - Noun

2. flaps - Verb

Meaning

a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

flap fanny fly Mach wave roll beat blow swing panic fold stir flop flutter commotion

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Antonyms

still solution faith interpretation explanation confidence

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Hypernyms

surface airfoil aerofoil control surface

Hyponyms

landing flap

Phrases with the word

levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle of the nostril flaps levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle of the nasal flaps rain flaps levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle of the nasal wings and flaps mud flaps

Examples

When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay, And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings, Delicate-filmed as new-spun silk, will the neighbours say, "He was a man who used to notice such things?" Thomas Hardy

Effort ceases. Time flaps on the mast. There we stop; there we stand. Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame. Virginia Woolf

I love to see the old heath's withered brake Mingle its crimpled leaves with furze and ling, While the old heron from the lonely lake Starts slow and flaps its melancholy wing. John Clare

The little bird that flaps its wings too much will spoil them. Kikuyu Proverb

The wagtail hops and flaps its wings, but the male dove feeds and coos. Maltese Proverb

The bird, which flaps its wings too much, will drop its feathers. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

flappish flappity flappy flaps and seals flaptrack flapwort