Reverse Dictionary: FLAP

ADJECTIVES
► FLAPPY flapping; loose → 1905
► FLIPPERY FLOPPERY flapping loosely, floppy → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► FLIPPERY FLOPPERY in a loose, flapping manner → 1916 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► FAG a flap, something that hangs loose → 1486 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► WAFF a flapping, waving movement; a flutter → 1766 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WAFFLE  a flapping, a waving → c1830 Sc.
► WAP a flap, a shake; a sweeping or tossing movement → a1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

VERBS
► BANGLE to flap, to hang loosely → 1622 obs.
► DILL to flap, to shake loosely → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FAFFLE to flap gently in the wind → 1796 Eng. dial.
► FALLAP to flap, to blow about → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VAG to flap → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VAVEL to flap, to flutter to and fro in the wind → 1866 Sc.
► WAFF to flap, to flutter, to sway from side to side → 1813 Sc.
► WAFFLE to flap, to flutter; to wave about, to waver in the air → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAG to flap the wings → 1496 obs.
► WALLOP to flap, to dangle, to wobble → 1822 chiefly Sc. & colloq.
► WAMFLE to flap, to flutter in the wind → 1808 Sc.
► WAP to flap in the wind; said of a cloth → a1300 obs.