What does FLAP mean?
Definitions for FLAP
flæpflap
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Princeton's WordNet
flapnoun
any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
"he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flapnoun
an excited state of agitation
"he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
flap, flapping, flutter, flutteringnoun
the motion made by flapping up and down
flapnoun
a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
flap, flapsverb
a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
roll, undulate, flap, waveverb
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
flapverb
move noisily
"flags flapped in the strong wind"
beat, flapverb
move with a thrashing motion
"The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
beat, flapverb
move with a flapping motion
"The bird's wings were flapping"
dither, flap, potherverb
make a fuss; be agitated
flapverb
pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Wiktionary
flapnoun
Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
flapnoun
A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
flapnoun
An upset, stir, scandal or controversy
The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.
flapnoun
The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.
the flap of a sail; the flap of a wing
flapnoun
A disease in the lips of horses.
flapnoun
A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.
flapnoun
A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
flapnoun
Vagina.
flapverb
To move loosely back and forth.
The flag flapped in the breeze.
flapverb
To move (something broad and loose) back and forth.
The flag flapped in the breeze.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FLAPnoun
Etymology: lœppe, Saxon.
There is a peculiar provision for the windpipe, that is, a cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larinx, which hath an open cavity for the admission of the air. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Err.
Some surgeons make a crucial incision, upon the supposition that the wound will more easily heal by turning down the flaps. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.
When a horse is said to have the flaps, you may perceive his lips to be swelled on both sides of his mouth; and that which is in the blisters is like the white of an egg: you must, to cure it, cut some slashes with a knife, and rub it once with salt, and it will cure. Farrier’s Dict.
To Flapverb
Etymology: from the noun.
A hare, hard put to it by an eagle, took sanctuary in a ditch with a beetle: the eagle flapt off the former, and devoured the other. Roger L'Estrange.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings. Alexander Pope.The dira flapping on the shield of Turnus, and fluttering about his head, disheartened him in the duel. John Dryden, Æn. Dedicat.
With fruitless toil
Flap filmy pinions oft, to extricate
Their feet in liquid shackles bound. Phillips.Three times, all in the dead of night,
A bell was heard to ring;
And shrieking at her window thrice
The raven flapp’d his wing. Thomas Tickell.To Flapverb
’Tis common for a duck to run flapping and fluttering away, as if maimed, to carry people from her young. Roger L'Estrange.
When suffocating mists obscure the morn,
Let thy worst wig, long us’d to storms, be worn;
This knows the powder’d footman, and with care
Beneath his flapping hat secures his hair. John Gay, Trivia.
ChatGPT
flap
A flap, in general terms, can refer to: 1. A flat piece of material attached only by one edge, typically used for covering or closing something. 2. A movement in which something swings or oscillates back and forth. 3. A state of agitation or worried activity. The specific definition can vary based on the context in which it is used. For instance, in phonetics, a flap refers to a specific type of consonant sound. In aviation, flaps are hinged surfaces on the wings of an airplane that help control lift.
Webster Dictionary
Flap
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
Flap
a hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter
Flap
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
Flap
a disease in the lips of horses
Flapnoun
to beat with a flap; to strike
Flapnoun
to move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat
Flapverb
to move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air
Flapverb
to fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing
Etymology: [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
Wikidata
Flap
Flaps are hinged surfaces mounted on the trailing edges of the wings of a fixed-wing aircraft to reduce the speed at which an aircraft can be safely flown and to increase the angle of descent for landing. They shorten takeoff and landing distances. Flaps do this by lowering the stall speed and increasing the drag. Extending flaps increases the camber or curvature of the wing, raising the maximum lift coefficient—or the lift a wing can generate. This allows the aircraft to generate as much lift but at a lower speed, reducing the stalling speed of the aircraft, or the minimum speed at which the aircraft will maintain flight. Extending flaps increases drag which can be beneficial during approach and landing because it slows the aircraft. On some aircraft a useful side effect of flap deployment is a decrease in aircraft pitch angle which improves the pilot's view of the runway over the nose of the aircraft during landing, however the flaps may also cause pitchup, depending on the type of flap and the location of the wing. There are many different types of flaps used, with the specific choice depending on the size, speed and complexity of the aircraft on which they are to be used, as well as the era in which the aircraft was designed. Plain flaps, slotted flaps, and Fowler flaps are the most common. Krueger flaps are positioned on the leading edge of the wings and are used on many jet airliners.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Flap
flap, n. the blow or motion of a broad loose object: anything broad and flexible hanging loose, as the tail of a coat: a portion of skin or flesh detached from the underlying part for covering and growing over the end of an amputated limb.—v.t. to beat or move with a flap.—v.i. to move, as wings: to hang like a flap:—pr.p. flap′ping; pa.p. flapped.—ns. Flap′doodle, the food of fools: transparent nonsense, gross flattery, &c.; Flap′-drag′on, a play in which small edibles, as raisins, are snatched from burning brandy, and swallowed.—v.t. (Shak.) to swallow or devour, as in flap-dragon.—adj. Flap′-eared (Shak.), having ears hanging like a flap.—n. Flap′-jack (Shak.), a kind of broad, flat pancake.—adj. Flap′-mouthed.—n. Flap′per. [Prob. imit.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
flap
1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap...). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and DEC microtapes were 1, 2,... and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk. 2. By extension, to unload any magnetic tape. Modern cartridge tapes no longer actually flap, but the usage has remained. (The term could well be re-applied to DEC's TK50 cartridge tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption which makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.)
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
flap
The cover of a cartridge-box or scupper.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FLAP in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FLAP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of FLAP in a Sentence
Some day you might soar like an eagle, but for now, let me help you to flap your wings.
Some day, you might soar like an eagle, but for now, let me try to teach you how to flap your wings.
You can only flap your arms so much before gravity catches up to you.
On a forensic investigation, which is what's going on in France, you don't use the process of elimination and say, well, it must be a flap, you have to have forensic proof, which is the samples from the paint, from the metal, to tie it specifically to the aircraft. That's what they're waiting for, and that's what they mean by 100% conclusive.
I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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- итәк, ҡағыуBashkir
- задкрилка, размахвам, плясък, крило, плющя, елерон, пляскам, плющене, капак на джобBulgarian
- Patte, Flügelschlag, flattern, Schlag, Bremsklappe, Aufregung, klappern, Hautfetzen, Lappen, Landeklappe, Hutkrempe, Krempe, Hautlappen, KlappeGerman
- κρημνόςGreek
- solapa, colgajo, flapSpanish
- läpyttää, siivenisku, siiveke, läppä, liehua, räpyttää, laippa, räpytellä, häly, lepattaaFinnish
- volet, abattantFrench
- sventolare, battere, sbattereItalian
- aroarowhaki, kopekopeMāori
- bater, aba, tremularPortuguese
- закрылок, подол, пола, лоскут, развеваться, помахать, хлопанье, возбуждение, длинное висячее ухо, махать, откидная доскаRussian
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