flap /flap/

1. The movement of a broad object hanging loose, or the action or sound of it striking a surface
2. Anything broad and flexible hanging loose, such as material covering an opening
3. Skin or flesh detached from the underlying part for covering and growing over the end of an amputated limb
4. A fluster, a panic (informal)
5. Any surface attached to the wing of an aircraft which can be adjusted in flight to alter the lift as a whole
6. An ‘r’ sound produced by a single light tap of the tongue against the alveolar ridge or uvula (phonetics)

1. To beat or move with a flap
2. To fluster

1. To move, as of wings
2. To hang like a flap
3. To get into a panic or fluster (informal)

flappˈable adjective (informal)

Not unflappable, easily perturbed, agitated, irritated, flustered, etc

flappˈer noun

1. A person or thing that flaps
2. A flipper (biology)
3. A young wild duck or partridge
4. A girl nearing womanhood (obs sl)
5. In the 1920s, a flighty young woman, esp one ostentatiously unconventional in dress or behaviour (slang)

flappˈerhood noun

flappˈerish adjective

flappˈing adjective

1. Moving with or like a flap
2. (of or relating to races, animals, etc) not subject to Jockey Club or National Hunt Committee regulations (horse-racing) or not registered under the National Greyhound Racing Club (greyhound racing)

1. The action of the verb
2. Racing at flapping meetings (horse-racing or greyhound racing)

flappˈy adjective (informal)

1. In a state of nervousness or panic
2. In a fluster

flapˈdoodle noun (informal)

1. An imaginary food said to be eaten by fools
2. Gross flattery, etc
3. Nonsense

flapˈ-dragon noun

A game in which small edible items such as raisins are snatched from burning brandy, and swallowed

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