Flap
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts4 letters
Definition of Flap
Noun
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
"a flap of a garment"
- A hinged leaf.
"the flaps of a table"
- A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- A side fin of a ray.
- The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it.
"the flap of a sail"
Verb
- To move (something broad and loose) up and down.
"The crow slowly flapped its wings."
- To move loosely back and forth.
"The flag flapped in the breeze."
- For a goalkeeper to weakly attempt to play a flighted ball with the hands, failing to control it.
- To pronounce (something) as a flap consonant.
- To be pronounced with a flap consonant.