flap
IPA: fɫˈæp
noun
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- A hinged leaf.
- (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- A side fin of a ray.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset.
- (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.
- (obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).
- (obsolete) A young prostitute.
verb
- (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
- (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.
- (computing, telecommunications, intransitive) Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
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Examples of "flap" in Sentences
- The bird flapped its wings.
- The hem is sewn along the terminal flap.
- It was apparently on the flap of the Playlist.
- The operation is reversed to retract the flaps.
- Open the flap, push the game sideways and reset.
- Once the eye is immobilized, the flap is created.
- The flap is then repositioned and the incision is closed.
- In effect, the airflow acts as a sort of slat for the flaps.
- The crew then attempted to raise the gear and reset the flaps.
- The aeroplane is unstable in the glide with flaps and undercarriage down.
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