flap
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- n any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
he wrote on the flap of the envelope - n an excited state of agitation
there was a terrible flap about the theft - n the motion made by flapping up and down
- n a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- n a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
- v move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- v move noisily
flags flapped in the strong wind - v move with a thrashing motion
The bird flapped its wings - v move with a flapping motion
The bird's wings were flapping - v make a fuss; be agitated
- v pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
- The flap those words created, with their echoes of the Third Reich, reveals both the deadly seriousness with which Germans view their wartime past and the gulf separating Lynch's .
- The CBS flap is one more sign of the ferocious struggle between political partisans to see the world their way: The Paper Chase How did Dan Rather get in this fix?.
- Just as sure as Washington's cherry trees produce cherry blossoms, the Kennedy Administration was bound to be embarrassed by a first flap.