Flap vs. Flip

By Jaxson

  • Flap (noun)

    A blow or slap (especially to the face).

  • Flap (noun)

    A young prostitute.

  • Flap (noun)

    Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.

    “a flap of a garment;”

    “The envelope flap seemed curiously wrinkled.”

  • Flap (noun)

    A hinged leaf.

    “the flaps of a table; the flap of a shutter”

  • Flap (noun)

    A side fin of a ray – also termed a wing.

  • Flap (noun)

    An upset, stir, scandal or controversy

    “The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.”

  • Flap (noun)

    The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it.

    “the flap of a sail;”

    “the flap of a wing”

  • Flap (noun)

    A disease in the lips of horses.

  • Flap (noun)

    A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane.

  • Flap (noun)

    A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound ɾ in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

    “tap”

  • Flap (noun)

    A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.

  • Flap (noun)

    The female genitals.

  • Flap (verb)

    To move (something broad and loose) up and down.

    “The crow slowly flapped its wings.”

  • Flap (verb)

    To move loosely back and forth.

    “The flag flapped in the breeze.”

  • Flap (verb)

    Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

  • Flip (noun)

    A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

    “We’ll decide this on a flip of a coin.”

    “The diver did a couple of flips before landing in the pool.”

  • Flip (noun)

    A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.

  • Flip (noun)

    A slingshot.

  • Flip (noun)

    A sticks out

    “Justin Bieber and Zac Efron are among the celebrities who wore a flip.”

  • Flip (noun)

    A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a flip dog).

  • Flip (verb)

    To throw (as in to turn over).

    “You need to flip the pancake onto the other side.”

  • Flip (verb)

    To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.

    “If you can’t decide which option to go for, flip a coin.”

  • Flip (verb)

    To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections

    “Wisconsin had been Democratic for decades, but the Republicans flipped it in 2016.”

  • Flip (verb)

    To go berserk or crazy.

    “I’d flip if anyone broke my phone.”

  • Flip (verb)

    To buy an asset (usually a house), improve it and sell it quickly for profit.

  • Flip (verb)

    To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.

  • Flip (interjection)

    used to express annoyance, especially when the speaker has made an error.

  • Flip (adjective)

    Having the quality of playfulness, or lacking seriousness of purpose.

    “I hate to be flip, but perhaps we could steal a Christmas tree.”

  • Flip (adjective)

    Sarcastic.

  • Flip (adjective)

    Disrespectful.

    “Don’t get flip with me or I’ll knock you into next Tuesday!”

Wiktionary
  • Flap (verb)

    (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly

    “gulls flapped around uttering their strange cries”

    “a pheasant flapped its wings”

  • Flap (verb)

    (of something loosely fastened) flutter or wave around

    “lines of washing flapped in the wind”

  • Flap (verb)

    move (something) up and down or to and fro

    “he flapped the envelope in front of my face”

  • Flap (verb)

    strike at (something) loosely, especially to drive it away

    “she flapped my hands away as she sat up”

  • Flap (verb)

    be agitated or panicky

    “it’s all right, Mother, don’t flap”

  • Flap (noun)

    a thin, flat piece of cloth, paper, metal, etc. that is hinged or attached on one side only and covers an opening or hangs down from something

    “the flap of the envelope”

    “he pushed through the tent flap”

  • Flap (noun)

    a hinged or sliding section of an aircraft wing used to control lift

    “flaps are normally moved by the hydraulics”

  • Flap (noun)

    an act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side

    “the surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps”

  • Flap (noun)

    a state of agitation; a panic

    “your Gran was in a flap, worrying she’d put her foot in it”

  • Flap (noun)

    a large broad mushroom.

  • Flap (noun)

    a type of consonant produced by allowing the tip of the tongue to strike the palate very briefly.

Oxford Dictionary

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