OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14333

flap

/flæp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
solapa • solape • solapo
Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.
a flap of a garment
flap
A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
percusiva • vibrante simple
A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
colgajo
A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 14334

flap

/flæp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
batir
To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
Startled, the wood pigeon flew off, its wings flapping noisily.
The crow slowly flapped its wings.
flamear • tremolar
To move loosely back and forth.
The flag flapped in the breeze.