| flapping | A description of a network interface or device that changes rapidly and repeatedly between online and offline states (confer thrashing) | en |
| flapping | That flaps or flap | en |
| flapping | A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically | en |
| flapping | present participle of flap | en |
| flapping | The excessive fluctuation of a network element between up and down states within a short period of time | en |
| flapping | The action of the verb to flap | en |
| flapping | the motion made by flapping up and down | en |
| flapping | loose back-and-forth movement, fluttering (often noisy); moving up and down (of wings, arms, etc.) isim | en |
| flapping | A type of rotor head where the two rotor blades are not connected directly through the feathering shaft (a thick wire), each blade can move somewhat independently of the other resulting in smoother control of the helicopter and the to some degree the feel of a 60 size heli MORE | en |
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| flapping | When a crucial router on the Internet goes down, all the routers have to tell one another about it and recalculate new routes that bypass that router This adjustment results in large numbers of packets passing back and forth, with the result that the traffic becomes so heavy that the routing updates cannot occur properly, since the information does not make it through the traffic | en |
| flapping | The up and down motion of the rotor blade on its hinge Without flapping, a gyroplane would roll over on its side during flight because of the unequal lift of the rotor disc | en |
| flap | a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body the motion made by flapping up and down pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind | en |
| flap | To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing | en |
| flap | any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" | en |
| flap | To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air | en |
| flap | loose back and forth movement; sound made by such a movement; moveable part attached only on one side (usually hangs loosely or covers something); uproar, commotion, scandal (Slang); partially separated area of skin (Surgery) isim | en |
| flap | (flp) n Obesity; corpulence | en |
| flap | (1) in copy preparation, a single piece of copy used more than once, which has changes on a piece of paper or an overlay The copy is then photographed with the flap up for one page and down for another, with the only differences being the contents of the flap (2) The portion of a dust jacket which wraps inside the front and back covers and is made visible by opening the cover (3) A protective covering of tissue over artwork, that is hinged at the top; also called Tissue Overlay to top | en |
| flap | A thin protective layer (about 1/4 to 1/3 thickness) of corneal tissue created by the microkeratome | en |
| flap | The Flap is a control surface found on some aircraft, usually located on the inboard trailing edge of each wing Flaps may be lowered to increase the lift of the aircraft by simulating an under-camber airfoil | en |
| flap | To beat with a flap; to strike | en |
| flap | To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat | en |
| flap | A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane | en |
| flap | The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or the flap of a wing | en |
| flap | to move loosely back and forth | en |
| flap | to move something broad and loose back and forth, as flap its wings | en |
| flap | a stir, scandal or controversy | en |
| flap | Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment | en |
| flap | A disease in the lips of horses | en |
| flap | The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing | en |
| flap | A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter | en |
| flap | Part of Book Jacket, often with the picture of the author See BOOK | en |
| flap | any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body the motion made by flapping up and down pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind | en |
| flap | A flap 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 flaps were lowered | en |
| flap | an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" | en |
| flap | a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body | en |
| flap | Surface mounted on the trailing edge of a wing to increase lift during take-off/landing | en |
| flap | If you flap your arms, you move them quickly up and down as if they were the wings of a bird. a kid running and flapping her arms | en |
| flap | loosely move back and forth, flutter (often noisily); move the wings or arms up and down; strike, slap, beat; get excited (Slang) fiil | en |
| flap | If something such as a piece of cloth or paper flaps or if you flap it, it moves quickly up and down or from side to side. Grey sheets flapped on the clothes line They would flap bath towels from their balconies as they chatted. = flutter | en |
| flap | If a bird or insect flaps its wings or if its wings flap, the wings move quickly up and down. The bird flapped its wings furiously A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower | en |
| flap | a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | en |
| flap | A flap 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 flap and strode out into the blizzard. a loose flap of skin | en |
| flap | A section of wall lining in a lava tube that has broken free and sagged or rolled down away from the wall Where only a small patch has been pushed off by gas pressure from behind it may be referred to as a 'burst' | en |
| flap | movable surface that increases the lift or drag of an aircraft | en |
| flap | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" | en |
| flap | pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | en |
| flap | a movable part on the wing surface which, when extended on takeoff or landing, increases lift or drag | en |
| flap | move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind" | en |
| flap | make a fuss; be agitated | en |
| flap | move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" | en |
| flap | move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" | en |