flap
flap/flap/
verb
(of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly.
"a pheasant flapped its wings"
synonyms: beat, flutter, move up and down, agitate, wave, wag, waggle, shake, swing, twitch, thresh, thrash, flail, vibrate, quiver, tremble, oscillate
noun
- a piece of something thin, such as cloth, paper, or metal, hinged or attached only on one side, that covers an opening or hangs down from something."the flap of the envelope"synonyms: fold, overhang, overlap, covering, lappet, lap, tab
- a movement of a wing or an arm from side to side or up and down."the surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps"synonyms: flutter, fluttering, beat, beating, waving, shaking, flailing
- a state of agitation; a panic."they're in a flap over who's going to take Henry's lectures"synonyms: panic, fluster, state of panic/agitation, state, dither, twitter, blue funk, stew, tizz, tizzy, tiz-woz, twit, fuss, agitation, commotion, stir, hubbub, excitement, tumult, ado, storm, uproar, flurry, controversy, to-do, palaver, brouhaha, furor, ballyhoo, hoopla, hoo-ha, song and dance, carry-on, kerfuffle
- a large broad mushroom.
- a type of consonant produced by allowing the tip of the tongue to strike the alveolar ridge very briefly.
Flap
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A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used to reduce the take-off distance and the landing... Wikipedia
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A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges ...
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