Synonyms of flaps

1. flap, flaps, airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface: usage: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

1. flap, flaps, airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface: usage: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
2. flap, covering: usage: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
3. dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap, agitation: usage: the motion made by flapping up and down
4. flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering, wave, undulation: usage: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
5. flap, animal tissue: usage: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

1. roll, undulate, flap, wave, move: usage: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
2. flap, beat, pound, thump: usage: move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
3. beat, flap, move, displace: usage: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
4. beat, flap, move: usage: move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
5. dither, flap, pother, fuss, niggle, fret: usage: make a fuss; be agitated
6. flap, pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say: usage: pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds