flapverb
uk/flæp/us/flæp/-pp-flap verb (WAVE)
[ I or T ] to wave something, especially wings when or as if flying:
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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flap verb (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)
[ I ] UK informal to behave in a nervous and excited way:
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Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- dread
- frighten sb/sth away/off
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- joke
- suspenseful
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
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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:
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Lids, covers and stoppers
- bezel
- bottle cap
- bottle top
- bung
- cap
- cork
- cosy
- cowl
- crystal
- fascia
- hood
- nozzle
- pen lid
- piano lid
- plug
- pull-tab
- resealable
- stopper
- tab
- tea cosy
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flap noun (EXCITEMENT)
[ S ] mainly UK informal a state of nervous excitement:
[ S ] US a lot of public anger, excitement, or discussion:
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Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
- wound up
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flap noun (AIRCRAFT PART)
[ C ] specialized engineering part of the back of an aircraft wing that can be moved up or down to help the aircraft go up or down
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Air travel: parts of aeroplanes
- -nosed
- aisle
- autopilot
- barf bag
- canopy
- fixed-wing
- flight recorder
- fuselage
- joystick
- nose
- nose cone
- pod
- propeller
- retrorocket
- rudder
- safety belt
- shell
- skid
- starboard
- wing
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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:
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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flap noun (SPEECH SOUND)
[ C ] specialized phonetics a consonant sound made when the tongue moves forward and down, and quickly touches the alveolar ridge
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- inflection
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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