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ber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment. A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne.

Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak.

Having broad, hangling lips. [R.] Shak.

The thing thus caught abd eaten. Johnson. Cakes and ale, and flapdragtons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.

A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

One who, or that which, flaps.

A blinder on a horse's bridle.

The repeated stroke of something long and loose. Johnson.

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey. "Kites that bait and beat." Shak.

A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment. Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority. M. Green.

A coat with short flaps.

lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.…

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.

To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.

To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. G. Eliot.

The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.

the portion of the hold which is farthest forward. -- Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress. -- Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane. Knight. -- Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] Hales. -- Fore…

The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm.