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FlapFlap 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.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright. Flap
Flap Flap, v. i.
1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to
fly with wings beating the air.
The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell.
2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or
other broad thing. --Gay.
FlapFlap 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.
A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
--Sir T.
Browne.
2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
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.
4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
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.
Meaning of Flaps from wikipedia
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flap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Flap may
refer to:
Flap (film), a 1970
American film
Flap, a boss
character in the
arcade game Gaiapolis...
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trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft.
Flaps are used to
reduce the take-off
distance and the
landing distance.
Flaps also
cause an
increase in drag so they...
- be
easier to clean. Bum
flaps are
often worn as a
superfluous fashion statement,
usually emblazoned with punk iconography.
Flaps are
usually constructed...
- of
contact directly, as a very
brief stop, and a
flap strikes the
point of
contact tangentially: "
Flaps are most
typically made by
retracting the tongue...
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Krueger flaps, or Krüger
flaps, are lift
enhancement devices that may be ****ed to the
leading edge of an
aircraft wing.
Unlike slats or
droop flaps, the...
- Derrick, Donald; Gick,
Bryan (2011). "Individual
variation in
English flaps and taps: a case of
categorical phonetics".
Canadian Journal of Linguistics...
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Blown flaps or jet
flaps are
powered aerodynamic high-lift
devices used on the
wings of
certain aircraft to
improve their low-speed
flight characteristics...
- air is
placed near the
cylinder walls.
Tumble flaps are used to
realize this
stratified charge. The
flaps remain closed during the
stratified charge mode...
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Improper flaps is a
situation in
aviation where the
flaps,
which are
aerodynamic devices on the
wings of an
aircraft used to
increase lift
during takeoff...
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Mutton flaps, or
breast of lamb, are an
inexpensive cut of meat from a sheep.
Consisting of a sheep's
lower rib meat,
mutton flaps are
considered a low-quality...
