(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
1.
If something such as a piece of cloth or paper ~s or if you ~ it, it moves quickly up and down or from side to side.
Grey sheets ~ped on the clothes line...
They would ~ bath towels from their balconies as they chatted.
= flutter
VERB: V, V n
2.
If a bird or insect ~s its wings or if its wings ~, the wings move quickly up and down.
The bird ~ped its wings furiously...
A pigeon emerges, wings ~ping noisily, from the tower.
VERB: V pl-n, V
3.
If you ~ your arms, you move them quickly up and down as if they were the wings of a bird.
...a kid running and ~ping her arms.
VERB: V n
4.
A ~ of cloth or skin, for example, is a flat piece of it that can move freely up and down or from side to side because it is held or attached by only one edge.
He drew back the tent ~ and strode out into the blizzard.
...a loose ~ of skin.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
5.
A ~ on the wing of an aircraft is an area along the edge of the wing that can be raised or lowered to control the movement of the aircraft.
...the sudden slowing as the ~s were lowered.
N-COUNT