flap. (178/365)

for Russell. *hugs!*

Noun

• S: (n) flap (any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely) "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
• S: (n) dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap (an excited state of agitation) "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
• S: (n) flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering (the motion made by flapping up and down)
• S: (n) flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)
• S: (n) flap, flaps (a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag)

Verb

• S: (v) roll, undulate, flap, wave (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion) "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
• S: (v) flap (move noisily) "flags flapped in the strong wind"
• S: (v) beat, flap (move with a thrashing motion) "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
• S: (v) beat, flap (move with a flapping motion) "The bird's wings were flapping"
• S: (v) dither, flap, pother (make a fuss; be agitated)
• S: (v) flap (pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds)

Definition of "flap" from Princeton's WordNet