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- noun Plural form of
flap . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
flap .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
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Examples
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Brown is only about five feet high, and he wears an overcoat ten times too big for him, and it flaps -- yes, it _flaps_ about his odious little heels.
Vagabondia 1884 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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A great brown bear, just awake from his winter's sleep, hungry, his fur hanging to the bones in flaps of leanness, shoved his head within the lodge and said, "Oof!"
GRIT OF WOMEN 2010
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Pastor/Rev, Flag pins, bitter and cling flaps is what pay your salary.
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* Chodin flaps his arms and lands on the telepone wire with the rest of the crows.
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A great brown bear, just awake from his winter's sleep, hungry, his fur hanging to the bones in flaps of leanness, shoved his head within the lodge and said, "Oof!"
Grit of Women 1901
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A great brown bear, just awake from his winter's sleep, hungry, his fur hanging to the bones in flaps of leanness, shoved his head within the lodge and said,
Grit of Women 1900
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Today microsurgery is one of the fastest-growing surgical specialties, with applications including reconstructive breast surgery and "flaps" -- chunks of flesh and bone transplanted to areas where tumors or injury have caused tissue loss.
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a strong girdle, encircling the loins, and supporting a piece of coarse blue cloth, which, after passing completely under the body, fell in short flaps both before and behind.
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete) John Richardson 1824
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a strong girdle, encircling the loins, and supporting a piece of coarse blue cloth, which, after passing completely under the body, fell in short flaps both before and behind.
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 1 John Richardson 1824
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What you do is carefully map out the areas you need to excise, then design your cuts to leave skin flaps that can be gently, gently drawn together — and you use a METRIC FUCKLOAD of stitches, because the skin is still going to be very taut, and you don’t want the stitches ripping through.
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