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Definitions of flap
  1. noun
    the motion made by flapping up and down
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  2. noun
    a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

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  3. verb
    move with a flapping motion
    "The bird's wings were flapping"

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  4. verb
    make a fuss; be agitated

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  5. noun
    an excited state of agitation
    "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

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  6. verb
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

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  7. verb
    move with a thrashing motion
    "The bird flapped its wings"

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  8. noun
    a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
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  9. noun
    any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
    "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
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  10. verb
    move noisily
    "flags flapped in the strong wind"
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  11. verb
    pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Examples of flap
  • "The bird's wings were flapping"
  • "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
  • "The bird flapped its wings"
  • "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
  • "flags flapped in the strong wind"
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