See Also: flap(1)(dictionary)
Flap(medicine)
Flap(health)
immediate flap(medicine)
flap(2)(dictionary)
cat flap(dictionary)
V-Y flap(medicine)
neurovascular flap(medicine)
open flap(medicine)
myodermal flap(medicine)

flap(1) (iou)



flap noun. [flap] ME.
[from the verb.]
I. The action of FLAP verb.
A light blow or slap (with something broad and flexible). ME.
Swift Give him a soft Flap on his Eyes.
(The noise produced by) the motion of something broad and loose, esp. the up-and-down movement of a wing. L18.
C. Kingsley I can hear the flap and snort of the dogs' nostrils. J. Tyndall A gnat can execute many thousand flaps of its little wings in a second.
b. Phonetics. A consonantal sound produced by a single fast flapping motion of the tongue or other organ. M19.
c. A state of anxiety, agitation, or excitement; a fuss; Military an alert. colloq. E20.
be in a flap be anxious, agitated, or excited. get in a flap, get into a flap become anxious, agitated, or excited.
Punch There is a flap because the price of bread is going up.
II. Something that flaps.
Something broad and flat to strike with; esp. a fly swatter. LME-E18.
Something broad and flat hinged or attached on one side only, as a trapdoor, a table-leaf, the cover of a pocket, the seal of an envelope, etc. E16.
cat-flap: see CAT noun1.
J. Steinbeck Casy spread the tent flaps with his hands and stepped out.
b. A hanging or pendent portion of a garment, hat, etc. M16.
C. T. Dent Tying the flaps of his hat over his ears.
c. A valve which opens and shuts on one hinged side. Also flap-valve. E19.
d. The gill-cover of a fish. E19.
e. The pendent portion(s) of a saddle. M19.
f. A hinged or sliding section of a wing or tailplane used to control lift etc.; an aileron. E20.
In pl. (A disease marked by) swollen glands in the mouth of a horse. L16.
Something broad and loose, irrespective of connection with anything else. E17.
Thackeray The flap of a shoulder of mutton.
b. A large, broad mushroom; an open mushroom-top. Cf. FLAB noun 1. M18.
c. A loose covering for the lower part of the abdomen. US. E19.
A girl or woman of light or loose character. slang (now dial.). M17.
J. Mabbe Fall to your flap, my Masters, kisse and clip.
Surgery. A portion of skin or flesh separated from the underlying tissue, but remaining attached at the base while being transplanted to another site. Also, a piece of skin used as a graft. E19.
Comb.: flapmouthed adjective (slang, derog.) having a mouth with broad hanging lips; flap-sight a hinged sight on a rifle; flap-table a table with one or more hinged leaves; flap-valve: see sense 4c above.
flapped adjective formed like a flap, pendulous; having a flap or flaps: M17.
flapless adjective E20.