n. 25B6; verb
the mallards flapped their wings : BEAT, flutter, agitate, wave, wag, swing.
the flag flapped in the breeze : FLUTTER, fly, blow, swing, sway, ripple, stir.
(informal) a deliberate ploy to make us flap : PANIC, go into a panic, become flustered, be agitated, fuss; informal be in a state, be in a tizzy.
25B6; noun
pockets with buttoned flaps : FOLD, overlap, covering; lappet.
a few flaps of the wing : FLUTTER, fluttering, beat, beating, waving.
(informal) I'm in a frightful flap : PANIC, fluster; informal state, dither, twitter, blue funk, stew, tizzy; N. Amer. informal twit.
(informal) she created a flap with her controversial statement : FUSS, commotion, stir, hubbub, storm, uproar; controversy, brouhaha, furore; informal to-do, ballyhoo, hoo-ha, kerfuffle.