flap
/flæp/ noun C1- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved. · a flap of a garment· The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.
- A hinged leaf. · the flaps of a table· the flap of a shutter
- A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- A side fin of a ray.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it. · the flap of a sail· the flap of a wing
- A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset. · The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.
- A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
- A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
Plural flaps
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Then he took the envelope itself, held it up to the light, and very carefully studied both the exterior and the flap.
He’s such a funny-looking boy with that big fat face, and his little blue eyes, and his ears sticking out like flaps.
I leaned on Holmes's arm, and together we looked down into the small cellar which had been disclosed by the secret flap.
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