Get to know Flap better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like move or beat.
Flap in a sentence
Related words
Flap meaning
- Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
- A hinged leaf.
- A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
Synonyms of Flap
Using Flap
- The main meaning on this page is: Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved. | A hinged leaf. | A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.
- Useful related words include: move, beat, wave, fuss.
- In the example corpus, flap often appears in combinations such as: the flap, flap of, cat flap.
Context around Flap
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flap
- In this selection, "flap" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, modem, door, bilabial, cable, arrangement and means stand out and add context to how "flap" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bilabial flap as the and a cat flap. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flap" sits close to words such as accelerates, allotment and ascended, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flap
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The flap over Liz Cheney at Colorado College commencement. (9 words)
A snap-flap means that this anorak is fashionable and functional. (11 words)
We do not have plans to change the property beyond installing a cat flap. (14 words)
Cable modem flap Cable modems can have a problem known in industry jargon as "flap" or "flapping". citation A modem flap is when the connection by the modem to the head-end has been dropped (gone offline) and then comes back online. (42 words)
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student. (39 words)
They function in the margins, take years over goal kicks, direct a little melee under the referee’s eyes, flap arms at the fourth official like drunken pterodactyls, test your patience until it twangs. (34 words)
The A theme was adapted by Australian jazz folk group Flap!, with original lyrics added, on their debut album Flap! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cable modem flap Cable modems can have a problem known in industry jargon as "flap" or "flapping". citation A modem flap is when the connection by the modem to the head-end has been dropped (gone offline) and then comes back online.
A few languages such as Banda have a bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap.
The A theme was adapted by Australian jazz folk group Flap!, with original lyrics added, on their debut album Flap!
The symmetrical flap arrangement meant that it could be held together with a single wax seal at the apex of the topmost flap.
An insulated, airtight doghouse raised off the ground at least a few inches and equipped with a door flap to keep out drafts is vital to keeping them safe.
A snap-flap means that this anorak is fashionable and functional.
But catch her motherly advice the night before gangly, teen-age Emma (Debra Winger) is going to be married to Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels), a boy with a comic/handsome face and the soul of a perpetual graduate student.
Complete with a front flap closure, inside zip pocket and Satin inner lining, the Italian-made bag perfectly complimented the orange detailing in Sophie's plaid jacket.
In 2012 I went to Roxanne Grawe to have a tram-flap w tummy tuck for breast reconstruction post stage III almost stage IV breast cancer.
In addition to raising the question of how, exactly, our legislation gets written, the flap sowed further mistrust among Chinatown community members who already felt blindsided and left out of the process.
In a sprawling, hilltop cemetery on the edge of the eastern city of Dnipro, hundreds of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags flap noisily in the stiff breeze.
It has double-button fastenings ensure a sleek silhouette which is perfect for work and more formal events, while two flap pockets will keep essentials safe.
Razer’s iskur features a super comfortable bucket seat design and has a unique lumbar support that raises or lowers like a flap according to my comfort level.
The black leather top-handle top-flap style, called 'Love Letter', has sturdy gold protective feet, a removable cross-body strap, and a sleek silhouette.
The flap over Liz Cheney at Colorado College commencement.
Their unique rotator cuff and wing design allows them to flap their wings in a figure-eight pattern, making them the only birds in the world that can fly backward.
The shelter must also be elevated from the ground with a door flap and bedding.
They function in the margins, take years over goal kicks, direct a little melee under the referee’s eyes, flap arms at the fourth official like drunken pterodactyls, test your patience until it twangs.
We do not have plans to change the property beyond installing a cat flap.
What I do is stretch my arm and flap my hand up and down to see if I can shake that end loose,” she adds.
Common combinations with flap
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the flap 17×
- flap of 12×
- cat flap 9×
- to flap 7×
- flap and 6×
- flap their 6×
- flap in 6×
- flap is 5×
- and flap 5×
- flap or 4×