Flap
Flap , noun
[Old English flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; compare Dutch flap, and English 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.
A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
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.
(Farriery) 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.
Collocations (2)
Flap tile , a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip.
Flap valve (Mechanics) , a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.
Flap , transitive verb
[Probably of imitative origin; compare Dutch flappen, English flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1.
To beat with a flap; to strike.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings.
2.
To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
Collocations (1)
To flap in the mouth , to taunt. [Obsolete] — W. Cartwright
Flap , intransitive verb
1.
To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
The crows flapped over by twos and threes.
2.
To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. — Gay