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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flapped}; p. pr & vb n. {Flapping}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.] 1. To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope. 2. To move as something broad and flaplike as to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. {To flap in the mouth}, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flapping n : the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: {flap}, {flopping}, {flutter}, {fluttering}]
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