1. (v.) 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.

2. (n.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

3. (n.) 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.

4. (n.) A disease in the lips of horses.

5. (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.

6. (n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.

7. (v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.

8. (v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.

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