Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck of certain animals.
  • noun A pendulous part similar to this, such as the wattle of a bird.
  • noun A fold of loose skin hanging from the neck of a person.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The fold of skin that hangs from the throat of oxen and cows; hence, the pendulous skin under the throat of some other animals, as dogs.
  • noun The flesh on the human throat when flaccid with age.
  • noun The large median fleshy fold or single wattle of the domestic turkey.
  • noun plural In heraldry, same as wattles.
  • noun A brand or ownership-mark on the dewlap of an animal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
  • noun Burlesque The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing, or a similar feature on any other animal.
  • noun The sagging flesh on the human throat of an old person.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English dewlappe : dew, of unknown meaning (akin to Danish and Norwegian dog- in Danish doglæb and Norwegian doglæp, dewlap) + lappe, fold; see lap.]

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  • "...I would have a DEWLAP!" -Tom Servo

    May 11, 2009