flap
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Is flap a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
2. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.Synonyms: tap
3. (surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
4. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) The labia, the vulva.in-pluralslangvulgar
5. (obsolete) A blow or slap (especially to the face).Examples: "1450, Palladius on Husbondrieː Ware the horn and heels lest they fling a flap to thee."; "a1500 The Prose Merlinː The squire lift up his hand and gave him such a flap that all they in the chapel might it hear."obsolete
6. (obsolete) A young prostitute.Examples: "Fall to your flap, my Masters, kisse and clip. […] Come hither, you foule flappes."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.Examples: "The crow slowly flapped its wings."; "Startled, the wood pigeon flew off, its wings flapping noisily."; "He could be flapping his tongue about you right this minute to anybody who'll bloody listen."transitive
2. (intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.Examples: "The flag flapped in the breeze."intransitive
3. (soccer, intransitive) For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.Examples: "Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber flapped at his first Delap throw but was given a soft free-kick by referee Antony Gautier."intransitive
4. (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.transitive
5. (phonetics, intransitive) To be pronounced with a flap consonant.intransitive
6. (computing, telecommunications, intransitive, of a resource or network destination) To be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary