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Pronunciation
IPA|/flæp/
audio|en-us-flap.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æp

Noun
en-noun

1. 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.
2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
3. a stir, scandal or controversy

#:The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.

1. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or the flap of a wing
2. A disease in the lips of horses.

Translations
French: abattant m, volet m

See also
fold#Noun|fold
lappet

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|flapp|ing

1. to move something broad and loose back and forth, as flap its wings

Intransitive verb
en-verb|flapp|ing

1. to move loosely back and forth

#:The flag flapped in the breeze.

See also
cat flap
flapper

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• 2007-10-03 18:32 - Interwicket - iwiki +te, vo

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