Thesaurus: flap

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1. 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.
2. v. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
3. v. 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. v. A disease in the lips of horses.
5. n. To beat with a flap; to strike.
6. n. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
7. v. i. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
8. v. i. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.
9. n. any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
10. n. an excited state of agitation
11. n. the motion made by flapping up and down
12. n. a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body