Definitions
pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Word origin
From Middle English flap, flappe (“a slap; blow; buffet; fly-flap; something flexible or loose; flap”), related to Saterland Frisian Flappert (“wing, flipper”), Middle Dutch flabbe (“a blow; slap on the face; fly-flap; flap”) (modern Dutch flap (“flap”)), Middle Low German flabbe, vlabbe, flebbe, from the verb (see below). Related also to English flab and flabby.
Used in a sentence
“a flap of a garment”
“The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.”
“The hairs guide the pollinating insect to the base of the petal, where there is a purplish nectary covered by a flap of tissue.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Hinged cover”4 letters
02“Loose hanging piece”4 letters
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