Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flapping}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.
flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
{To flap in the mouth}, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flap \Flap\, v. i.
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. --Lowell.
2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or
other broad thing. --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flap \Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap,
and E. 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.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
{Flap tile}, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner
or catch a drip.
{Flap valve} (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one
hinged side; a clack valve.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flap
n 1: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge;
hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of
the envelope"
2: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither}, {pother},
{fuss}, {tizzy}]
3: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: {flapping}, {flutter},
{fluttering}]
4: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
5: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to
increase lift or drag [syn: {flaps}]
v 1: move in a wavy pattern, as of curtains [syn: {undulate}, {wave}]
2: move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
3: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings";
"The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
[syn: {beat}]
4: move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were
flapping" [syn: {beat}]
5: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: {dither}, {pother}]
6: pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
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