FLAP | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of flap in English flapverb uk /flæp/ us /flæp/ -pp-

flap verb (WAVE)

Add to word list Add to word list [ 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. Shaking, swinging and vibrating

• brandish
• earth-shaking
• flappy
• flourish
• fluff
• fluff something up phrasal verb
• reverberation
• reverberative
• ripple
• rock-a-bye
• shake out phrasal verb
• shakily
• shiver
• sway
• thrash
• trembly
• tremulously
• vibrate
• vibration
• vibratory

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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.flap about Stop flapping about!flap around My mother sat and waited while I flapped around trying to hurry things up. Causing anxiety and worry

• afflictive
• alarming
• alarmingly
• bite
• catch up with someone phrasal verb
• disturb
• dread
• frighten someone/something away/off phrasal verb
• get in someone's head idiom
• get/go beyond a joke idiom
• give someone the jitters idiom
• gnaw
• rattle
• roost
• stressfully
• stressor
• suspenseful
• suspensefully
• suspensive
• tense

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flap verb (SPEECH SOUND)

[ I or T ]   phonetics   specialized to make a consonant sound in which the tongue moves to very quickly touch the alveolar ridge: The /t/ might be flapped or occasionally trilled. In certain varieties of English, most notably in the majority of North American dialects, alveolar oral and nasal stops sometimes undergo a process known as flapping or tapping. Synonym tap Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

• accommodation
• alliterative
• alliteratively
• alveolar
• apheresis
• bilabial
• diphthong
• glottal stop
• interdental
• intrusive
• labial
• labialize
• mispronounce
• phonotactics
• plosive
• postalveolar
• postconsonantal
• realization
• the International Phonetic Alphabet
• unpronounceable

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Ways of speaking 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.   Chote Wuttipuntachai/EyeEm/GettyImages Lids, covers and stoppers

• bezel
• bottle cap
• bottle top
• coozy
• corked
• crystal
• hood
• jacket
• Koozie
• lid
• liner
• nozzle
• pen lid
• plug
• screw top
• sleeve
• stopper
• stubby holder
• tea cosy
• tight-fitting

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flap noun (EXCITEMENT)

[ S ] mainly UK informal a state of nervous excitement: in a flap She's in a flap because her parents are coming to visit. I can sometimes get into a flap about things. [ 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. Anxious and worried

• (all) hot and bothered idiom
• aflutter
• agitated
• agitatedly
• angsty
• fret about something
• fretful
• fretfully
• frightened
• fuss
• oppressed
• overwrought
• perturbed
• pit of your stomach idiom
• preoccupied
• unsettled
• uptight
• wired
• worried
• worriedly

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Anger and displeasure Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

flap noun (AIRCRAFT PART)

[ C ]   engineering   specialized part of the back of an aircraft wing that can be moved up or down to help the aircraft go up or down   hadynyah/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Air travel: parts of aeroplanes

• aerofoil
• airfoil
• aisle seat
• automatic pilot
• autopilot
• back row
• barf bag
• cabin
• galley
• landing gear
• nose
• nose wheel
• retrorocket
• safety belt
• shock absorber
• spoiler
• tail light
• tailpiece
• undercarriage
• vertical stabilizer

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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. Shaking, swinging and vibrating

• brandish
• earth-shaking
• flappy
• flourish
• fluff
• fluff something up phrasal verb
• reverberation
• reverberative
• ripple
• rock-a-bye
• shake out phrasal verb
• shakily
• shiver
• sway
• thrash
• trembly
• tremulously
• vibrate
• vibration
• vibratory

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flap noun (SPEECH SOUND)

[ C ]   phonetics   specialized a consonant sound made when the tongue moves to very quickly touch the alveolar ridge: The flap involves a single rapid contact between the tongue and alveolar ridge. His /r/ might have been a short trill or flap with the tongue. Synonym tap Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

• accommodation
• alliterative
• alliteratively
• alveolar
• apheresis
• bilabial
• diphthong
• glottal stop
• interdental
• intrusive
• labial
• labialize
• mispronounce
• phonotactics
• plosive
• postalveolar
• postconsonantal
• realization
• the International Phonetic Alphabet
• unpronounceable

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Ways of speaking (Definition of flap from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

flap | American Dictionary

flapverb [ I/T ] us /flæp/ -pp-

flap verb [I/T] (WAVE)

Add to word list Add to word list (of a bird’s wings) to wave up and down while flying, or (of objects that cannot fly) to move quickly from side to side or up and down: [ T ] A small bird flapped its wings. [ I ] Flags flapped in the breeze. flapnoun [ C ] us /flæp/

flap noun [C] (PIECE)

a piece of cloth or other material attached along one edge to something else: a pocket/tent flap

flap noun [C] (EMOTIONAL STATE)

a state of excitement or worry: She caused a big flap when she told her husband about her parents’ visit.

flap noun [C] (WAVE)

a waving movement from side to side or up and down: The bird flew into the air with a flap of its wings. (Definition of flap from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of flap

flap The head-capsule, however, ruptures along two lateral longitudinal lines, thus forming three flaps, the median one bearing the antennae. From the Cambridge English Corpus The seemingly long skir t has triangular flaps lateral to the apron. From the Cambridge English Corpus Generous skin flaps were raised to visualize the entire sternum. From the Cambridge English Corpus Upon closing the flaps, the dissolved dye is engulfed into the vortices, allowing the flow to be visualized. From the Cambridge English Corpus In order to minimize end effects, the flaps are bounded at the bottom with a flat cover fixed on a 5 cm high pedestal. From the Cambridge English Corpus At the top, some dye has been dispersed away after the flaps were lowered into the tank. From the Cambridge English Corpus The last four segments each have a pair of lateral flaps. From the Cambridge English Corpus One child is made the hunter; the others run off, flapping their arms and croaking like ravens or leaping and howling like wolves. From the Cambridge English Corpus The flaps are fastened to the ground in same manner, except a piece left loose at one end to serve as a door. From the Cambridge English Corpus Their form is shown to change as the plume develops fine-scale structure and flapping becomes less important. From the Cambridge English Corpus The rotation rate of the flaps decreases linearly to zero during the course of the motion. From the Cambridge English Corpus Another finding indicates that evidence for compromised skin flaps and grafts was contradicted by two of the articles. From the Cambridge English Corpus The stories were accompanied by drawings in a book in which flaps could be opened so that the children could see whether the character found the desired object. From the Cambridge English Corpus The grasshopper endeavours to get rid of the parasites by constantly flapping the elytra and wings, which get worn and reduced to about a third of their length. From the Cambridge English Corpus Fewer articles were identified to report the evidence or information for decompression sicknesses, exceptional blood loss, intracranial abscess, compromised skin grafts and flaps, and thermal burns. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of flap These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of flap?

Translations of flap

in Chinese (Traditional) 揮動, 振（翅）, 撲打翅膀… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 挥动, 振（翅）, 扑打翅膀… See more in Spanish sacudir, batir, tapa… See more in Portuguese bater, (asas), aba… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian フラップ（片側が固定されているふたや弁）, （鳥）がはばたく, 蓋（ふた）… See more kanatlı kapak/örtü, telaş, endişe… See more rabat [masculine], battre, claquer… See more tapa, solapa, agitar… See more flap, het klapperen, paniek… See more cíp, šos, pleskání… See more klap, lap, blafren… See more kelepak, kepakan, panik… See more ชายผ้า, เสียงที่เกิดจากการโบกขึ้นโบกลง, ความวิตกกังวล… See more nắp, sự đập, sự vỗ cánh… See more klapa, klapka, poruszenie… See more flik, dask, klatsch… See more kelepak, berkibar-kibar, panik… See more der Lappen, der Schlag, die Aufregung… See more klaff [masculine], flakse, blafre… See more 덮개, 펄럭대다… See more пола, легкий удар, ляпанець… See more falda, patta, sbattere… See more Need a translator?

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• English   
  • Verb 
    • flap (WAVE)
    • flap (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)
    • flap (SPEECH SOUND)
  • Noun 
    • flap (ADDITIONAL PIECE)
    • flap (EXCITEMENT)
    • flap (AIRCRAFT PART)
    • flap (WAVE)
    • flap (SPEECH SOUND)
• American   
  • Verb 
    • flap (WAVE)
  • Noun 
    • flap (PIECE)
    • flap (EMOTIONAL STATE)
    • flap (WAVE)
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