flaps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flaps
Example Sentences
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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 • Dec. 6, 2025
He has difficulty sitting still or paying attention and flaps his hands when excited or upset.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
But a take-off roll with retracted flaps would trigger warnings from the 787's take-off Configuration Warning System, alerting the flight crew to an unsafe configuration, according to one pilot the BBC spoke to.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025
The longma dropped lower, so that its hooves almost touched water, and hovered there, beating its wings in long, slow flaps.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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