Definition of flap

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• flap is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• flap is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• flap is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of flap

• the motion made by flapping up and down (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. flapping
  2. flutter
  3. fluttering
• a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. flaps
• move with a flapping motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. The bird's wings were flapping

  Synonyms

  1. beat
• make a fuss; be agitated (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dither
  2. pother
• an excited state of agitation (noun)

  Examples

  1. there was a terrible flap about the theft

  Synonyms

  1. dither
  2. fuss
  3. pother
  4. tizzy
• move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. roll
  2. undulate
  3. wave
• move with a thrashing motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. The bird flapped its wings

  Synonyms

  1. beat
• a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body (noun)
• any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely (noun)

  Examples

  1. he wrote on the flap of the envelope
• move noisily (verb)

  Examples

  1. flags flapped in the strong wind
• pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds (verb)

See definition of flap in Merriam Webster