flap
verb
[ flap ]
• (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly.
• "a pheasant flapped its wings"
Similar:
beat,
flutter,
move up and down,
agitate,
wave,
wag,
waggle,
shake,
swing,
twitch,
thresh,
thrash,
flail,
vibrate,
quiver,
tremble,
oscillate,
• be agitated or panicky.
• "it's all right, Mother, don't flap"
Similar:
panic,
go into a panic,
become flustered,
be agitated,
fuss,
press the panic button,
be in a state,
be in a tizzy,
be in a dither,
be in a twitter,
flap
noun
• a thin, flat piece of cloth, paper, metal, etc. that is hinged or attached on one side only and covers an opening or hangs down from something.
• "the flap of the envelope"
• an act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side.
• "the surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps"
• a state of agitation; a panic.
• "your Gran was in a flap, worrying she'd put her foot in it"
Similar:
panic,
fluster,
state of panic/agitation,
state,
dither,
twitter,
blue funk,
stew,
tizz,
tizzy,
tiz-woz,
twit,
fuss,
agitation,
commotion,
stir,
hubbub,
excitement,
tumult,
ado,
storm,
uproar,
flurry,
controversy,
to-do,
palaver,
brouhaha,
furore,
ballyhoo,
hoopla,
hoo-ha,
song and dance,
carry-on,
kerfuffle,
• a large broad mushroom.
• a type of consonant produced by allowing the tip of the tongue to strike the palate very briefly.
Origin:
Middle English: probably imitative.
