FLAP
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Flap (?), n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap, and E. flap, v.] Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
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A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
Sir T. Browne.
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2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
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3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
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4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
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5. (Aeronautics) a movable part of an airplane wing, used to increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or landing. used often in the plural.
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Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.
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Flap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flapping (?).] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.] 1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
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Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings.
Pope.
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2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
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To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] W. Cartwright.
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Flap, v. i. 1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
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The crows flapped over by twos and threes.
Lowell.
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2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. Gay.
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