Meaning of flap In English

• 0 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.

• 1 to behave in a nervous and excited way:

  • Don't flap - there's plenty of time to cook before they arrive.

  • Stop flapping about/around!

• 2 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.

• 3 a state of nervous excitement:

  • She's in a flap because her parents are coming to visit.

  • She claimed to have had an affair with the candidate, which produced a huge media flap.

• 4 part of the back of an aircraft wing that can be moved up or down to help the aircraft go up or down

• 5 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.

• 6 a consonant sound made when the tongue moves forward and down, and quickly touches the alveolar ridge

• 7 (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.

• 8 a piece of cloth or other material attached along one edge to something else:

  • a pocket/tent flap

• 9 a state of excitement or worry:

  • She caused a big flap when she told her husband about her parents’ visit.

• 10 a waving movement from side to side or up and down:

  • The bird flew into the air with a flap of its wings.