flap

n.

1. A flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side.
2. A projecting or hanging piece usually intended to double over and protect or cover: the flap of an envelope.
3. 1. The act of waving or fluttering: the flap of the flag in the wind.
   2. The sound produced by this motion.
4. A blow given with something flat; a slap.
5. A variable control surface on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, used primarily to increase lift or drag.
6. Either of the folded ends of a book jacket that fit inside the front and back covers.
7. Medicine. Tissue that has been partially detached and used in surgical grafting to fill an adjacent defect or cover the cut end of a bone after amputation.
8. Linguistics. A sound articulated by a single, quick touch of the tongue against the teeth or alveolar ridge, as (t) in water. Also called tap.
9. Informal. A commotion or disturbance: a flap in Congress over the defense budget.

v., flapped, flap·ping, flaps.

v.tr.

1. To wave (the arms, for example) up and down.
2. To cause to move or sway with a fluttering or waving motion.
3. To hit with something broad and flat; slap.
4. Informal. To fling down; toss.

v.intr.

1. To move or sway while fixed at one edge or corner; flutter: banners flapping in the breeze.
2. To wave arms or wings up and down.
3. To fly by beating the air with the wings.
4. Informal. To become upset or flustered.

[Middle English flappe, slap.]

noun

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/agitation, order/disorder.

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/halt.

n

Definition: commotion
Antonyms: calm, peace, peacefulness, quiet

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1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap...). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and DEC microtapes were 1, 2,... and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.

2. By extension, to unload any magnetic tape. Modern cartridge tapes no longer actually flap, but the usage has remained. (The term could well be re-applied to DEC's TK50 cartridge tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption which makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.)

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n

A sheet (or sheets) of soft tissue partially or totally detached to gain access to structures underneath or to be used in repairing defects in an adjacent or a remote part of the body.

1. a mass of tissue for grafting (1), usually including skin, only partially removed from one part of the body so that it retains its own blood supply during transfer to another site. See also specific sites, such as conjunctival.
2. an uncontrolled movement.

• advancement f. — release of a portion of tissue and reattachment at an advanced position.
• antral f. — in circumcostal gastropexy or belt loop gastropexy a seromuscular flap from the pyloric antrum is passed under a rib or strip of abdominal wall muscle and sutured back to its position on the stomach.
• axial pattern f. — pedicle flaps with a direct cutaneous artery and vein are transferred to defects within their radius with a high chance of survival.
• bipedicle f. — the space created by undermining skin between two parallel incisions can be used to reconstruct skin defects, usually onto a distal limb which is inserted into the space. Called also pouch flap.
• bone f. — a surgical procedure in which a flap is created in a flat bone by leaving one side of a rectangle cut in the bone intact. Used for gaining access to a cavity, e.g. a sinus, with minimum disfigurement.
• buccal f. — a section of mucosa released from mucosa of the gum and lip used to close oronasal fistulas.
• cartilage f. — a detached piece of cartilage as a result of osteochondrosis dissecans, seen particularly in the shoulder of dogs.
• composite f. — skin with muscle, bone or cartilage.
• cranial sartorius muscle f. — the muscle is dissected free, severed at its insertion on the tibia and used to repair prepubic tendon ruptures or femoral hernias.
• cross-lid f. — a skin flap from an eyelid is used to fill a defect in the opposite lid. Called also Cutler-Beard or bucket-handle flap.
• external abdominal oblique muscle f. — can be used to repair defects in the abdominal wall or caudal thoracic wall.
• free f. — an island flap detached from the body and reattached at the distant recipient site by microvascular anastomosis.
• f.-imprint — interlocking processes in adult cortical lens fibers.
• ischial-pubic f. — to increase exposure for surgery in the colorectal region, osteotomies of the pubic and ischial bones may be required. The bone flap created is reflected and replaced at the conclusion of the surgical procedure.
• island f. — a flap consisting of skin and subcutaneous tissue, with a pedicle made up of only the nutrient vessels.
• mucoperiosteal f. — a section of oral mucosa, gingiva and underlying periosteum in periodontal surgery and tooth extractions.
• mucosal f. — used in repair of defects in the oral cavity such as oronasal fistula and those created by excision of tumor and bone.
• myocutaneous f. — a compound flap of skin and muscle with adequate vascularity to permit sufficient tissue to be transferred to the recipient site.
• pedicle f. — see pedicle graft.
• omental f. — transposed through subcutaneous tunnels and used to cover soft tissue defects, stimulate granulation and control adhesion.
• overlapping f. — a technique for repair of cleft soft palate with two flaps, one on the oral side and one on the nasal side, and with the assistance of relaxing incisions these are overlapped to ensure an adequate seal.
• rope f. — one made by elevating a long strip of tissue from its bed except at its two ends, the cut edges then being sutured together to form a tube. Called also tubed graft.
• rotary door f. — a myocutaneous flap in which an island of skin is rotated to fill the airway defect created by laryngeal resection.
• rotation f. — see pedicle graft.
• skin f. — a standard technique in skin grafting; based on the part isolation of a graft by creation of a flap which retains its original circulation while becoming established at the new site on the new blood supply. Many types of flap are used, e.g. axial pattern, bipedicle, composite, delayed tube, direct, interpolating, reverse saphenous conduit. See also skin graft.
• sliding f. — technique for closing skin wounds where there is a large deficiency of skin. Includes sliding-H flap and Z-flap or Z-plasty. Skin around the defect is separated from its subcutis and the defect repaired by strategic additional incisions and the use of tension sutures.
• tracheal f. — a method of placing a tracheostomy tube which will minimize the subsequent formation of excessive granulation tissue. The opening is made by cutting a flap across two tracheal rings and reflecting it to permit entry of the tube. After extubation, the flap is replaced.
• transposition f. — rectangular flap of skin repositioned to fill a defect.
• tube f., tunnel f. — rope flap.

IN BRIEF: n. - Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body;

Tutor's tip: The "flop" (a failure) of the Broadway play caused a "flap" (a scandal) among local critics.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - slå med, vifte med, smække
v. intr. - daske, blafre, blive forfjamsket
n. - klap, hatteskygge, hudlap, forvirring, smæk med tungen

idioms:

• get in a flap    komme helt ud af flippen

Nederlands (Dutch)
flap, klap, oorklep, geklapper, vleugelklep, oproer, opmerking die een oproer veroorzaakt, klappende medeklinker (d/ t etc.), klappen, smijten, klapperen, fladderen, kletsen

Français (French)
v. tr. - claquer, faire voleter, secouer, agiter (du papier), agiter qch en direction de qn/qch, battre des ailes
v. intr. - battre (une voile), claquer (du papier), voleter, s'affoler
n. - rabat, abattant, trappe, chatière, battement (d'ailes), claquement (de voile), (Aviat) volet, affolement, (Ling) battement

idioms:

• in a flap    ne plus savoir où donner de la tête

Deutsch (German)
v. - schlagen, flattern
n. - Klappe, Flattern

idioms:

• in a flap    in Panik geraten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χτυπώ ελαφρά, φτεροκοπώ, φτερουγίζω, πλαταγίζω, κυματίζω, ανεμίζω, τα χάνω, σαστίζω
n. - πλατάγισμα, καπάκι, κλείσιμο (φακέλου), φτεροκόπημα, πτερύγιο, φύλλο, (ενδυμ.) καπάκι (τσέπης κ.λπ.)

idioms:

• get in a flap    σαστίζω, πανικοβάλλομαι

Italiano (Italian)
sbattere, svolazzare, risvolto, paraorecchie

idioms:

• get in a flap    agitarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - agitar, bater as asas
n. - aba (f), freio (m) aerodinâmico (Aer.)

idioms:

• get in a flap    ficar em estado de agitação

Русский (Russian)
махать, колыхать, хлопать, волноваться, откидная доска, створка, клапан, поля шляпы, легкий удар, хлопанье, ошибка, промах

idioms:

• get in a flap    паниковать, разнервничаться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - chacolotear, castañetear, flamear, traquetear, revolotear
v. intr. - inquietarse, gualdrapear (las velas)
n. - solapa, orejera, golpe, portezuela, falda, ala de sombrero, injerto

idioms:

• in a flap    ponerse nervioso, estar como loco

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klappa, slå med, låta sloka (hatt), flaxa, stå och slå (om dörr o dyl.), tjafsa (sl.)
n. - dask, vingslag, flugsmälla, flik, lock, klaff, skört på rock, brätte på hatt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拍打, 使拍动, 飘动, 拍击, 振, 拍动, 扑动, 拍翅飞行, 副翼, 拍打声

idioms:

• get in a flap    激动或慌乱起来

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 拍打, 使拍動, 飄動, 拍擊, 振
v. intr. - 拍動, 撲動, 飄動, 拍翅飛行
n. - 拍打, 副翼, 拍打聲

idioms:

• get in a flap    激動或慌亂起來

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 퍼덕거리다, 찰싹 때리다
v. intr. - 펄럭이다, 나부끼다
n. - 날개짓 소리, 파리채, 두드리기, (한 끝이) 늘어진 물건

idioms:

• get in a flap    흥분하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - はばたきする, はばたいて飛ぶ, バタバタと動かす, 投げる, 興奮する, そばだつ, はためく, 羽ばたく, ぴしゃりと打つ
n. - はたき打ち, 羽ばたき, はためき, 垂下物, 折り返し, 興奮, 危機

idioms:

• get in a flap    興奮する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضرب , يخفق , يقذف بعنف (الاسم) ضربه , رفرفه , غطاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היכה, נפנף‬
v. intr. - ‮התנפנף, עף, התרגש‬
n. - ‮שפה, כנף, דש, סטירה, חבטה, לשון המעטפה‬

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