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   flap

   /flap/

   verb

   • 1. (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly: "a pheasant flapped its wings" Similar beatfluttermove up and downagitatewavewagwaggleshakeswingtwitchthreshthrashflailvibratequivertrembleoscillate
   • ▪ (of something loosely fastened) flutter or wave around: "lines of washing flapped in the wind" Similar flutterswingswayrippleundulatestirshakequivershivertrembleflyblow
   • ▪ move (something) up and down or to and fro: "he flapped the envelope in front of my face"
   • ▪ strike at (something) loosely, especially to drive it away: "she flapped my hands away as she sat up"
   • 2. be agitated or panicky: informal British "it's all right, Mother, don't flap" Similar panicgo into a panicbecome flusteredbe agitatedfussinformal:press the panic buttonbe in a statebe in a tizzybe in a ditherbe in a twitter

   noun

   • 1. a thin, flat piece of cloth, paper, metal, etc. that is hinged or attached on one side only and covers an opening or hangs down from something: "the flap of the envelope" Similar foldoverhangoverlapcoveringlappetlaptab
   • ▪ a hinged or sliding section of an aircraft wing used to control lift: "flaps are normally moved by the hydraulics"
   • 2. an act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side: "the surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps" Similar flutterflutteringbeatbeatingwavingshakingflailing
   • 3. a state of agitation; a panic: informal "your Gran was in a flap, worrying she'd put her foot in it" Similar panicflusterstate of panic/agitationinformal:statedithertwitterblue funkstewtizztizzytiz-woztwitfussagitationcommotionstirhubbubexcitementtumultadostormuproarflurrycontroversyto-dopalaverbrouhahafuroreinformal:ballyhoohooplahoo-hasong and dancecarry-onkerfuffle
   • 4. a large broad mushroom.
   • 5. a type of consonant produced by allowing the tip of the tongue to strike the palate very briefly.

   Word Origin Middle English: probably imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flappy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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     4

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • P

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