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flap

English

  1. 🔊 any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge
    “he wrote on the flap of the envelope”
  2. 🔊 a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing
  3. 🔊 a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
  4. 🔊 the motion made by flapping up and down
  5. 🔊 an excited state of agitation
    “he was in a dither”
  6. 🔊 pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
  7. 🔊 move noisily
    “flags flapped in the strong wind”
  8. 🔊 make a fuss
  9. 🔊 move with a flapping motion
    “The bird's wings were flapping”
  10. 🔊 move with a thrashing motion
    “The bird flapped its wings”
  11. 🔊 move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    “The curtains undulated”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 flap flap
  2. 🔊 revoloteo flap, flapping (e.g. of wings)

Similar words

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