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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'flap' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) flap
any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
Synonyms: fuss, flaps, fluttering, pother, tizzy, dither, flutter, flapping

2. (noun) dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap
an excited state of agitation
Synonyms: fluttering, flapping, squabble, dither, pettifoggery, hustle, flap, bicker, flutter, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bother, ado, tizzy, bustle, pother, trouble, spat, fuss, flaps, bickering

3. (noun) flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
the motion made by flapping up and down
Synonyms: commotion, fluttering, flapping, disturbance, dither, waver, flap, flicker, flutter, hoo-ha, to-do, flaps, hurly burly, kerfuffle, tizzy, disruption, pother, fuss, hoo-hah

4. (noun) flap
a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
Synonyms: fuss, flaps, fluttering, pother, tizzy, dither, flutter, flapping

5. (verb) flap, flaps
a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
Synonyms: fuss, flaps, fluttering, pother, tizzy, dither, flutter, flap, flapping

6. (verb) roll, undulate, flap, wave
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Synonyms: vagabond, wind, ramble, pother, wrap, seethe, beat, stray, rove, wave, roll, twine, cast, flap, beckon, ruffle, wander, riffle, hustle, cockle, brandish, pluck, revolve, roll up, swan, roll out, tramp, turn over, flourish, dither, undulate, ripple, drift, curl, roam, wheel, range

7. (verb) flap
move noisily
Synonyms: beat, dither, undulate, roll, pother, wave

8. (verb) beat, flap
move with a thrashing motion
Synonyms: roll, exhaust, stupefy, baffle, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, pother, mystify, flummox, beat, outwit, circumvent, tick, wave, nonplus, trounce, pulsate, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, beat out, gravel, thump, ticktack, outsmart, thrum, ticktock, amaze, quiver, pound, work over, undulate, puzzle, dither, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, wash up, outfox, pose, scramble, shell

9. (verb) beat, flap
move with a flapping motion
Synonyms: roll, exhaust, stupefy, baffle, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, pother, mystify, flummox, beat, outwit, circumvent, tick, wave, nonplus, trounce, pulsate, drum, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, beat out, gravel, thump, ticktack, outsmart, thrum, ticktock, amaze, quiver, pound, work over, undulate, puzzle, dither, overreach, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, wash up, outfox, pose, scramble, shell

10. (verb) dither, flap, pother
make a fuss; be agitated
Synonyms: roll, pother, undulate, flap, dither, wave, beat

11. (verb) flap
pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Synonyms: beat, dither, undulate, roll, pother, wave


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'flap' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. flap
A thing is shaken which is subjected to short and abruptly checked movements, as forward and backward, up and down, from side to side, etc. A tree is "shaken with a mighty wind;" a man slowly sh
Synonyms: shake, agitate, jar, quake, shiver, totter, brandish, joggle, quaver, shudder, tremble, flap, jolt, quiver, sway, vibrate, fluctuate, jounce, reel, swing, wave, flutter, oscillate, rock, thrill, waver


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