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flapverb

uk/flæp/us/flæp/-pp-

flap verb (WAVE)

[ I or T ] to wave something, especially wings when or as if flying:

A small bird flapped its wings furiously and flew off.
Flags flapped in the breeze above their tents.

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Shaking, swinging and vibrating

  • agitate
  • brandish
  • churn
  • flourish
  • fluff sth up
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • resonate
  • reverberate
  • rocky
  • shake
  • stir sth up
  • swing
  • teeter
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremulous
  • wag
  • worry

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flap verb (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)

[ I ] UK informal to behave in a nervous and excited way:

Don't flap - there's plenty of time to cook before they arrive.
Stop flapping about/around!

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Causing anxiety and worry

  • alarming
  • bite
  • catch up with sb
  • come back to bite sb idiom
  • come back/home to roost idiom
  • dread
  • frighten sb/sth away/off
  • get/go beyond a joke idiom
  • give sb the jitters idiom
  • gnaw
  • harass
  • joke
  • suspenseful
  • sweat
  • tense
  • troubling
  • unnerve
  • unsettling
  • weigh
  • weigh on sb/sth

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flapnoun

uk/flæp/us/flæp/

flap noun (ADDITIONAL PIECE)

[ C ] a piece of cloth or other material fixed along one edge, especially used for covering or closing something:

a pocket flap
a tent flap (= a piece of cloth that acts like a door)
A small flap of skin can be seen above the wound.

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Lids, covers and stoppers

  • bezel
  • bottle cap
  • bottle top
  • bung
  • cap
  • cork
  • cosy
  • cowl
  • crystal
  • fascia
  • hood
  • nozzle
  • pen lid
  • piano lid
  • plug
  • pull-tab
  • resealable
  • stopper
  • tab
  • tea cosy

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flap noun (EXCITEMENT)

[ S ] mainly UK informal a state of nervous excitement:

She's in a flap because her parents are coming to visit.

[ S ] US a lot of public anger, excitement, or discussion:

She claimed to have had an affair with the candidate, which produced a huge media flap.

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Anxious and worried

  • (all) hot and bothered idiom
  • -racked
  • a bundle of nerves idiom
  • aflutter
  • agitate
  • alarmed
  • anxious
  • apprehensive
  • demented
  • fuss
  • get in a sweat idiom
  • grim
  • harassed
  • haunted
  • prey on sb's mind idiom
  • prey on sth
  • rattled
  • rest easy idiom
  • restive
  • wound up

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Anger and displeasure
Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

flap noun (AIRCRAFT PART)

[ C ] specialized engineering part of the back of an aircraft wing that can be moved up or down to help the aircraft go up or down

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Air travel: parts of aeroplanes

  • -nosed
  • aisle
  • autopilot
  • barf bag
  • canopy
  • fixed-wing
  • flight recorder
  • fuselage
  • joystick
  • nose
  • nose cone
  • pod
  • propeller
  • retrorocket
  • rudder
  • safety belt
  • shell
  • skid
  • starboard
  • wing

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flap noun (WAVE)

[ C ] the action of a bird waving its wings when flying, or of something else moving in this way:

A few flaps of its long wings and the bird was gone.

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Shaking, swinging and vibrating

  • agitate
  • brandish
  • churn
  • flourish
  • fluff sth up
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • resonate
  • reverberate
  • rocky
  • shake
  • stir sth up
  • swing
  • teeter
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremulous
  • wag
  • worry

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flap noun (SPEECH SOUND)

[ C ] specialized phonetics a consonant sound made when the tongue moves forward and down, and quickly touches the alveolar ridge

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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

  • alveolar
  • approximant
  • articulatory
  • assimilation
  • clear l
  • clipped
  • consonant
  • inflection
  • nasalization
  • onomatopoeia
  • palatal
  • palato-alveolar
  • pharyngeal
  • phoneme
  • pronounce
  • silent letter
  • velum
  • voiced
  • vowel
  • weak form

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