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Flaps

//flæps// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips. archaic, plural, plural-only

    "Giges or flappes, is pimples or teates in the in side of his mouth."

  2. 2
    plural of flap form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of flap form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From flap + -s.

Etymology 2

From flap + -s.

Etymology 3

From flap + -s.

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