flap
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(verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
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Related Words: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say |
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(verb) move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind" |
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Related Words: beat, pound, thump |
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(noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" |
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Related Words: barndoor, coattail, codpiece, covering, earflap, earlap, fly, fly sheet, lap, overlap, pocket flap, tent flap, tent-fly, tongue |
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(noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag |
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Synonyms: flaps |
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Related Words: aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, landing flap, surface |
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(noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body |
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Related Words: animal tissue, cusp, leaflet, protective fold, soft palate, uvula, velum |
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(noun) the motion made by flapping up and down |
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Synonyms: flapping, flopping, flutter, fluttering |
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Related Words: undulation, wave |
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(verb) make a fuss; be agitated |
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Synonyms: dither, pother |
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Related Words: fret, fuss, niggle |
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(verb) move in a wavy pattern, as of curtains |
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Synonyms: undulate, wave |
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Related Words: luff, move |
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(verb) move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" |
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Synonyms: beat |
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Related Words: clap, flail, move, thresh |
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(verb) move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" |
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Synonyms: beat |
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Related Words: bate, clap, displace, move |
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(noun) an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" |
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Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy |
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Related Words: agitation |
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