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Noun flap has 5 senses

flap - any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
--₁ is a kind of airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface; covering; airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface; covering
--₁ is a part of

wing; 1 of 5 senses of flap ; flap, flaps; wing; 1 of 5 senses of flap

--₁ has particulars:

landing flap; 3 of 5 senses of flap ; flap; barndoor; coattail; codpiece; earflap, earlap; jag, dag; lap, overlap; pocket flap; tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap; tongue; flap, flaps; landing flap; 3 of 5 senses of flap ; flap; barndoor; coattail; codpiece; earflap, earlap; jag, dag; lap, overlap; pocket flap; tent-fly, rainfly, fly sheet, fly, tent flap; tongue

dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap - an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
--₂ is a kind of agitation; agitation

Derived form: verb flap₅
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering - the motion made by flapping up and down
--₃ is a kind of wave, undulation; wave, undulation

Derived forms: verb flap₄, verb flap₃, verb flap₂, verb flap₁
flap - a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
--₄ is a kind of animal tissue; animal tissue
--₄ has particulars:
uvula; soft palate, velum; protective fold; cusp, leaflet; flap; uvula; soft palate, velum; protective fold; cusp, leaflet
flap, flaps - a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
--₅ is a kind of airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface; airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
--₅ is a part of wing; flap, flaps; wing
--₅ has particulars: landing flap; flap, flaps; landing flap

Verb flap has 6 senses

roll, undulate, flap, wave - move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
--₁ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun flap₃, noun flapping₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
flap - move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
--₂ is one way to beat, pound, thump

Derived forms: noun flap₃, noun flapping₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
beat, flap - move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
--₃ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun flap₃, noun flapping₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
beat, flap - move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
--₄ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun flap₃, noun flapping₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
dither, flap, pother - make a fuss; be agitated
--₅ is one way to fuss, niggle, fret

Derived form: noun flap₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
flap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
--₆ is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something