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flap
  1. (obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).
  2. Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
  3. A hinged leaf.
  4. A side fin of a ray - also termed a wing.
  5. An upset, stir, scandal or controversy
  6. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.
  7. A disease in the lips of horses.
  8. (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.
  9. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [[ɾ]] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
  10. (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
  11. (plural) The female genitals.
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  13. Examples:
    1. “The bright red suit had a flap of fabric from wrist to ankle that reminded Emily of a bat's wing.”
      “The Butterfly Effect derives its name from the chaos theory which suggests that the simple flap of a butterfly's wings has the potential to set off a tornado thousands of miles away.”
      “She doesn't look to be in a flap about it, but then Kate never flaps, does she?”
flapper
  1. Something that flaps.
  2. A flipper; a limb of a turtle, which functions as a flipper or paddle when swimming.
  3. (plumbing) A flapper valve in a toilet-flushing mechanism.
  4. (rock climbing) Any injury that results in a loose flap of skin on the fingers, making gripping difficult.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Whether the goody-goody Gibson girl or the dancing flapper, the single woman finally had purchasing power.”
      “As the actress points out, a baby bump could hardly be hidden behind a string of flapper beads.”
      “I don't want Pat to be a genius, I want her to be a flapper, because flappers are brave and gay and beautiful.”
flapping
  1. An instance where one flaps.
  2. (phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
  3. (computing) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.
  4. Synonyms:
flaperon
  1. (aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
  2. Examples:
    1. “The fuselage opening is placed underneath to make it possible that the flaperon connection runs straight and without complications.”
      “Mr Truss told a press conference that a number stamped on the flaperon could be used to quickly identify whether it is from the missing plane.”
      “A flaperon appeared on Reunion last week, and was sent to France to be assessed by experts, and has now been verified as genuine.”
flapper
  1. (colloquial, now chiefly historical) A young woman, especially when unconventional or without decorum; now particularly associated with the 1920s. [from 19th c.]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Whether the goody-goody Gibson girl or the dancing flapper, the single woman finally had purchasing power.”
      “As the actress points out, a baby bump could hardly be hidden behind a string of flapper beads.”
      “I don't want Pat to be a genius, I want her to be a flapper, because flappers are brave and gay and beautiful.”
flaptrack
  1. (aviation) The track on which the flaps of an aircraft are mounted.
flapperdom
  1. The realm or sphere of flappers (young women).
flapperhood
  1. The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flapperism
  1. The behaviour of flappers (young women).
flaptracks
  1. plural of flaptrack
flaperons
  1. plural of flaperon
  2. Examples:
    1. “The next picture shows the spoilers added to the full span flaperons for glide path control.”
      “To connect the flaperons with the trilerons use Silicon in-between or a piece of tape connecting the trailing edge.”
      Flaperons are control surfaces on the wing of an aircraft that help to stabilise the plane during low-speed flying during take-off and landing.”
flappings
flappers
  1. plural of flapper
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With lots of black and white, they revert to this year's trend of reflecting '50s screen sirens and '20s flappers.”
      “Following the First World War, in the 1920s and early 1930s, the cocktail party flourished, with flappers and frivolity going hand in hand.”
      “I don't want Pat to be a genius, I want her to be a flapper, because flappers are brave and gay and beautiful.”
flaps
  1. plural of flap
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The horse's flaps helped reduce distractions and kept its focus straight ahead during the race.”
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