flap
pronunciation
How to pronounce flap in British English:
UK [flæp]
How to pronounce flap in American English:
US [flæp]
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- Noun:
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
- an excited state of agitation
- the motion made by flapping up and down
- a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
- a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
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- Verb:
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- move noisily
- move with a thrashing motion
- move with a flapping motion
- make a fuss; be agitated
- pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Word Origin
- flap (n.)
- mid-14c., flappe "a blow, slap, buffet," probably imitative of the sound of striking. Sense of "device for slapping or striking" is from early 15c. Meaning "something that hangs down" is first recorded 1520s, probably from flap (v.). Sense of "motion or noise like a bird's wing" is 1774; meaning "disturbance, noisy tumult" is 1916, British slang.
- flap (v.)
- early 14c., "dash about, shake, beat (the wings);" later "strike, hit" (mid-14c.); probably ultimately imitative. Meaning "to swing about loosely" is from 1520s. Related: Flapped; flapping.
Synonym
Example
- 1. With this new shape , the vertical gurney flap has been reduced .
- 2. Clinical application of dorsal metacarpal artery reversed island flap .
- 3. Flap and snaffle bit snap closure .
- 4. Clinical anatomy of island flap pedicled with sural nerve and its nutrient vessels .
- 5. Free vascularized thenar flap graft repairing the soft tissue digital defects .