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flap

noun
  1. any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge
  2. a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing
    flaps
  3. a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
  4. the motion made by flapping up and down
    flutter
  5. an excited state of agitation
    fuss
verb
  1. pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
  2. make a fuss
    ditherpother
  3. move noisily
    “flags flapped in the strong wind”
    bang
  4. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    roll
  5. move with a flapping motion
    “The bird's wings were flapping”
  6. move with a thrashing motion
    “The bird flapped its wings”