Word Definition

Flap

  1. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
  2. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
  3. A disease in the lips of horses.
  4. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
  5. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
  6. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.
  7. Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
  8. To beat with a flap; to strike.