flaps

[ flaps ]

/ flæps /

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noun (used with a singular verb)Veterinary Pathology.

swelling of the lips of a horse.

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Origin of flaps

flap (noun) + -s³

Words nearby flaps

flappable, flapper, flappers, flapping tremor, flappy, flaps, flap valve, flare, flareback, flare path, flares

How to use flaps in a sentence

The only Lena I know of is Lena Horne, a wonderful performer, who is not involved in any flaps, and who is also dead.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Otherwise they have to go elsewhere for tissue flaps and movement of large chunks of dissected flesh from here to there.
What the Man With No Ass Crack Can Teach Darwinists and Creationists|Kent Sepkowitz|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A growing sense that Romney is stiffing the print press may be fueling the flaps that came to define his trip.
Palestinian Remarks Furor: Romney Campaign Hits AP as ‘Irresponsible’|Howard Kurtz|August 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
With uneven hems and strange flaps flopping about, it all had the vague feeling of savagery.
Paris Fashion Week Kicks Off|Robin Givhan|October 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Exhausting the material printed on the back flaps, the interviewer opens the questions to the audience.
Italy Meets India Over Books|Francesca Mari|June 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Something light flaps on the floor of the next cell, and the quick, short step has passed me by.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Jim fastened the flaps on the outside and went back to the camp-fire, where Talpers was storming up and down like a madman.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
He is an old, grizzled man dressed in dungaree pants, a sweater, and a woolen cap with ear flaps.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
So he kissed her; and when the flaps of the tent had closed behind her and her maids, he called Hossein.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
He was buckling fast Trenchefer when the flaps of the next tent parted, and forth came a figure—his wife.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

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Origin of flaps

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