flaps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flaps
Example Sentences
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K is now completely blind in his left eye, his tear duct was destroyed and the “flaps of my eye are barely holding on,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Airbus investigated this incident and found that space weather had corrupted data in an elevator aileron computer which sends commands to the plane's flaps.
From BBC
She scratches the aboatia under his chin, and Woo’s tail flaps back and forth.
From Literature
He has difficulty sitting still or paying attention and flaps his hands when excited or upset.
These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
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