Synonyms for flap

verb

noun

fold, ply, tab, lapel, fly, cover, adjunct, overlap, hanging, pendant, drop, tippet, tail, lobe, lappet, appendage, tag, accessory, apron, skirt, strip, queue, wing, pendulosity.

See flap in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun
(Informal)

An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace:

agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar. (Informal) to-do. See calm, order
verb
  1. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down:

    beat, flitter, flop, flutter, waggle, wave. See repetition
  2. To move or cause to move about while being fixed at one edge:

    flutter, fly, wave. See repetition
  3. To move through the air with or as if with wings:

    flit, flitter, flutter, fly, sail, wing. See move

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