flap

flap
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. tab, fly, lap, tag; fold; argument, controversy. See discord, addition. —v. swing, sway, flop, beat, wave. See agitation.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. fold, ply, tab, lapel, fly, cover, adjunct, overlap, hanging, pendant, drop, tippet, tail, lobe, lappet, appendage, tag, accessory, apron, skirt, strip, queue, wing, pendulosity.
v.
Syn. flutter, beat, swing; see wave 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. fold cover, tab, wing, tail, fly, skirt.
2. controversy agitation, commotion, brouhaha, to-do, fuss, hullabaloo, *tempest.
II
v.
slap, whack, flutter, smack, swat, lash, whip.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Informal. An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar. Informal: to-do. See CALM, ORDER. II verb 1. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: beat, flitter, flop, flutter, waggle, wave. See REPETITION. 2. To move or cause to move about while being fixed at one edge: flutter, fly, wave. See REPETITION. 3. To move through the air with or as if with wings: flit, flitter, flutter, fly, sail, wing. See MOVE.

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