| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Flap.[Websters]
2. To have bumped, dashed, jabbed or dented. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be shuttered or gated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be shocked, bruised or ricked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have clouted, walloped, punched or raged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be canopied, smocked or hooded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have shielded or covered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be platformed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have crashed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be tongued.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flap.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flap) | 1. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.[Wordnet]. 2. Move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind".[Wordnet]. 3. Move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings".[Wordnet]. 4. Move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping".[Wordnet]. 5. Make a fuss; be agitated.[Wordnet]. 6. Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds.[Wordnet]. 7. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.[Websters]. 8. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.[Websters]. 9. To beat with a flap; to strike.[Websters]. 10. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.[Websters]. 11. Base verb from the following inflections: flapping, flapped, flaps, flapper, flappers, flappingly and flappedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLAPPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLAPPED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Struck with something broad, let down; having the brim fallen, as a flapped hat.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of flap. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: flap
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Blown flap | Blown flaps are a powered aerodynamic high-lift device the wings of certain aircraft to improve the low-speed lift during takeoff and landing. The process is sometimes called a boundary layer control system (BLCS). They were a popular design feature in the 1960s, but fell from use due to their complex maintenance needs. Today a simpler version can be found on military transport aircraft, although the term is not widely used. (references) | ||
| Bum flap | The modern bum-flap is a piece of removable material that hangs from the waist to cover the rear end, most often worn within the punk rock subculture. Bum flaps are normally decorated to demonstrate affinity for a particular band or political cause and attached by pinning or patching, depending on the whim of the devotee. Originally a feature of pajamas and military uniform, punk rockers adopted bum flaps as part of their ethic of sartorial disruption. The flaps, typically thick canvas, demin or plaid, were also practical as a protection against the natural wear and tear of clothing. In their awkward resemblance to the loincloths worn by early man and present-day aboriginal tribes, bum flaps frequently invite ridicule from competing subcultures (metal heads, rude boys {the name applied to serious ska fans}, etc). While bum flaps primarily serve to advertise a predilection, a fair number repurpose their excess material by doubling the fabric to alter the flap into a pouch (alterations crudely known as ass-pouches). (references) | ||
| Cat flap | A cat flap is a hinged flap set into a door or a window to allow a cat to enter and exit a house on its own without needing a human to open the door. (references) | ||
| Flap (aircraft) | Flaps are hinged surfaces on the trailing edge of an airplane wing which, when deployed, increase the lift (and drag) of a wing. They are usually used while landing to allow the aircraft to fly more slowly and to steepen the approach to the landing site. (references) | ||
| Flap consonant | In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator is thrown against another. The main difference between a flap and a stop consonant is that in a flap, there is no buildup of air pressure behind the place of articulation, and consequently no release burst. (references) | ||
| Flap down | Throw violently. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Flap tile | A tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flap valve | (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Flap Your Wings | Flap Your Wings is a single by the rapper Nelly, released in 2004, from the album Sweat. It was released as a double A-side with My Place in the UK. (references) | ||
| Fly flap | An implement for killing flies. -- Fly governor , a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and L. Xylosteum . -- Fly hook , a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- Fly leaf , an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- Fly maggot , a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Gurney flap | Invented by Dan Gurney, it is a right-angle piece of metal rigidly bolted or riveted to a wing's trailing edge increasing lift or downforce. (references) | ||
| Labiodental flap | Non-rhotic flaps are uncommon, but include a labiodental flap in languages of the Central African Republic and neighboring countries, such as Margi and Kera, as well as in Zimbabwe. It has also been reported from the Austronesian language Sika. (references) | ||
| Landing flap | A flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Lip flap | Lip flap is jargon often used to refer to the incorrect synchronization of a soundtrack (usually spoken dialogue) with a corresponding movie as a result of either unintentional technical inaccuracy or from poor dubbing techniques. The result typically leaves a filmed character moving his mouth when there is no spoken dialogue to accompany it as it has been removed or changed somehow in post-production, hence the term lip flap. (references) | ||
| Pocket flap | A flap that covers the access to a pocket. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Retroflex lateral flap | The Iwaidja language of Australia has both alveolar and retroflex lateral flaps, and perhaps a palatal lateral flap as well. (However, the latter may instead be a palatalized alveolar lateral flap.) These contrast with lateral approximants at the same positions, as well as a central retroflex flap, alveolar trill [r], and alveolar approximant. (references) | ||
| Tent flap | Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: FLAPPED
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Wind turbine with flapped ring wing diffuser | Mechanical Engineering | Turbine concept using a diffusor constructed from short ring air-foils. Each ring airfoil produces a local aerodynamic pressure and velocity field as a result of the section contour. The low pressure distribution along the internal ring surface induces more flow through the turbine. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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