flap

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To the base of one of the sides of the cage a flap is attached by a hinge.

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  1. noun A flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side.
  2. noun A projecting or hanging piece usually intended to double over and protect or cover: the flap of an envelope.
  3. noun The act of waving or fluttering: the flap of the flag in the wind.
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  • Jones apologized the next day for the flap, and other Democrats tried to minimize the incident. —  The State Journal-Register Home RSS
  • What I recall as most striking about this flap was the ubiquitous excitement on local television, newspapers, and so forth. —  THE UFO CHRONICLES
  • At the least, the flap is a major embarrassment for the man chosen to head the Treasury Department, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service, especially as Mr. Geithner worked at the Treasury under three presidents. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • The tissue and skin around my ankle have been replaced by doing what's called a flap, they took the Lat muscle from my back and wrapped it around my ankle. —  Bring It On!
  • The front flap, which is also magnetic, has pink criss-crossing dotted lines, making several small diamond shapes. —  TreoCentral
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

sleeve ·  fold ·  hood ·  cover ·  strip ·  seam ·  strap ·  envelope ·  trouser ·  slit ·  sheath ·  belt

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flap:   flaps ·  flapped ·  flapping
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English flappe, slap.

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  1. from Middle English flap, flappe, a stroke, blow, buffet, a fly-flap, a loose, flexible part of a garment, etc., = Dutch flap, a stroke, blow, box on the ear (cf. Old Dutch flabbe, a blow, a blow on the face, a fly-flap); from the verb.
  2. from Middle English flappen, flap, clap, slap, strike, = Dutch flappen (later G. flappen), intransitive, flap (cf. French frapper, strike: see frap); prob. ult. imitative; cf. clap, slap, etc.; cf. also flack, flabby.
 

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