flap

Definitions

1. 1.A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.
4. 4.To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. The crows flapped over by twos and threes. Lowell.
7. 7.To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. Gay.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is flap.

• What is a hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. The crows flapped over by twos and threes. Lowell called?
• What is to fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. Gay called?