| slovo | definícia |
flap
(encz) | flap,chlopeň Zdeněk Brož |
flap
(encz) | flap,klapka Hynek Hanke |
flap
(encz) | flap,klopa n: Zdeněk Brož |
flap
(encz) | flap,mávat (křídly) v: Petr Písař |
flap
(encz) | flap,záklopka Hynek Hanke |
Flap
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.
flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
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Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
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2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
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To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
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Flap
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap,
and E. flap, v.]
Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is
attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap
of a garment.
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A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
[1913 Webster]
3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or
sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
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4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Aeronautics) a movable part of an airplane wing, used to
increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or
landing. used often in the plural.
[WordNet 1.5]
Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner
or catch a drip.
Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one
hinged side; a clack valve.
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Flap
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, v. i.
1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to
fly with wings beating the air.
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The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell.
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2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or
other broad thing. --Gay.
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flap
(wn) | flap
n 1: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge;
hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of
the envelope"
2: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither,
pother, fuss, tizzy, flap]
3: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap,
flapping, flutter, fluttering]
4: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
5: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to
increase lift or drag [syn: flap, flaps]
v 1: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the
beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave]
2: move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
3: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings";
"The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" [syn:
beat, flap]
4: move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
[syn: beat, flap]
5: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap, pother]
6: pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
flap
(foldoc) | FLAP
A symbolic mathematics package for IBM 360.
["FLAP Programmer's Manual", A.H. Morris Jr., TR-2558 (1971)
US Naval Weapons Lab].
[Sammet 1969, p. 506].
[Jargon File]
(1994-10-17)
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flap
(foldoc) | flap
1. To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap,
flap, flap). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days
when the disk was device 0 and microtapes were 1, 2,
etc. and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a
motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.
The term is used, by extension, for unloading any magnetic
tape. See also macrotape. Modern cartridge tapes no
longer actually flap, but the usage has remained.
The term could well be re-applied to DEC's TK50 cartridge
tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption which
makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type
lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.
2. See flapping router.
[Jargon File]
(1997-06-17)
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flap
(jargon) | flap
vt.
1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap...). Old-time
hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and DEC
microtapes were 1, 2,... and attempting to flap device 0 would instead
start a motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.
2. By extension, to unload any magnetic tape. Modern cartridge tapes no
longer actually flap, but the usage has remained. (The term could well be
re-applied to DEC's TK50 cartridge tape drive, a spectacularly
misengineered contraption which makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an
old reel-type lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.)
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
earflap
(encz) | earflap,klapka na uši Zdeněk Brož |
flap
(encz) | flap,chlopeň Zdeněk Brožflap,klapka Hynek Hankeflap,klopa n: Zdeněk Brožflap,mávat (křídly) v: Petr Písařflap,záklopka Hynek Hanke |
flap down
(encz) | flap down, v: |
flap your gums
(encz) | flap your gums, |
flapcake
(encz) | flapcake, n: |
flapjack
(encz) | flapjack,lívanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
flapped
(encz) | flapped, |
flapper
(encz) | flapper,nekonvenční mladá žena n: Zdeněk Brož |
flapping
(encz) | flapping,mávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
flapping flight
(encz) | flapping flight,let pomocí mávání křídly n: Jirka Daněk |
flaps
(encz) | flaps, n: |
flip-flap
(encz) | flip-flap, adv: |
front flap
(encz) | front flap,přední klopa n: Žaneta Veselková |
in a flap
(encz) | in a flap, |
landing flap
(encz) | landing flap, n: |
pocket flap
(encz) | pocket flap, n: |
tent flap
(encz) | tent flap, n: |
unflappability
(encz) | unflappability, |
unflappable
(encz) | unflappable, |
unflappably
(encz) | unflappably, |
earflap
(gcide) | earflap \earflap\ n.
one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On
some hats the earflaps may be adjusted or tied to the top of
the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.
Syn: earlap.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
Eyeflap
(gcide) | Eyeflap \Eye"flap"\, n.
A blinder on a horse's bridle.
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Flap tile
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap,
and E. flap, v.]
Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is
attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap
of a garment.
[1913 Webster]
A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
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3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or
sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Aeronautics) a movable part of an airplane wing, used to
increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or
landing. used often in the plural.
[WordNet 1.5]
Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner
or catch a drip.
Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one
hinged side; a clack valve.
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Flap valve
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap,
and E. flap, v.]
Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is
attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap
of a garment.
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A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
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3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or
sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
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4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.
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5. (Aeronautics) a movable part of an airplane wing, used to
increase lift or drag, especially when taking off or
landing. used often in the plural.
[WordNet 1.5]
Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner
or catch a drip.
Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one
hinged side; a clack valve.
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Flapdragon
(gcide) | Flapdragon \Flap"drag`on\, n.
1. A game in which the players catch raisins out burning
brandy, and swallow them blazing. --Johnson.
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2. The thing thus caught and eaten. --Johnson.
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Cakes and ale, and flapdragons and mummer's plays,
and all the happy sports of Christians night. --C.
Kingsley.
[1913 Webster]Flapdragon \Flap"drag`on\, v. t.
To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour. [Obs.]
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See how the sea flapdragoned it. --Shak.
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Flap-eared
(gcide) | Flap-eared \Flap"-eared`\, a.
Having broad, loose, dependent ears. --Shak.
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Flapjack
(gcide) | Flapjack \Flap"jack`\ (fl[a^]p"j[a^]k`), n.
1. A flat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a
griddlecake or pancake.
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2. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover. [Prov.
Eng.]
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Flap-mouthed
(gcide) | Flap-mouthed \Flap"-mouthed`\, a.
Having broad, hanging lips. [R.] --Shak.
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Flapped
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.
flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
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Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
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2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
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To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
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Flapper
(gcide) | Flapper \Flap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, flaps.
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2. See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." --Buckley.
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3. A flat object used to make a flapping noise by striking
another object. --RHUD
[PJC]
4. A flat and broad object hanging from a larger object,
either flexible like rubber or hinged to allow a swinging
motion; a flap.
5. A young woman who dresses in a modern, stylish manner and
behaves unconventionally in social situations; -- a term
used especially to refer to young women during the 1920's
and their peculiar style of dress.
[PJC]
Flapper skate (Zool.), a European skate ({Raia
intermedia}).
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Flapper skate
(gcide) | Flapper \Flap"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, flaps.
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2. See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." --Buckley.
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3. A flat object used to make a flapping noise by striking
another object. --RHUD
[PJC]
4. A flat and broad object hanging from a larger object,
either flexible like rubber or hinged to allow a swinging
motion; a flap.
5. A young woman who dresses in a modern, stylish manner and
behaves unconventionally in social situations; -- a term
used especially to refer to young women during the 1920's
and their peculiar style of dress.
[PJC]
Flapper skate (Zool.), a European skate ({Raia
intermedia}).
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Flapping
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.
flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
[1913 Webster]
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
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To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
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Flip-flap
(gcide) | Flip-flap \Flip"-flap`\, n. [See Flip, and Flap.]
The repeated stroke of something long and loose. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]Flip-flap \Flip"-flap`\, adv.
With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and
loose. --Ash.
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Fly flap
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. Flies (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS.
fl[=y]ge, fle['o]ge, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg,
OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root]
84. See Fly, v. i.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings;
as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
(b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly;
black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
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2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
"The fur-wrought fly." --Gay.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
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A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
Jonson.
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4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
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6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
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7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
wind blows.
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8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
marked; the compass card. --Totten.
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9. (Mech.)
(a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
striking part of a clock.
(b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
press. See Fly wheel (below).
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10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
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11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
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12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
jerk. --Knight.
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13.
(a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
the press.
(b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
to a power printing press for doing the same work.
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14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
of the tent at no other place.
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15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
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16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
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17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called
fly ball. "a fly deep into right field"
[1913 Webster +PJC]
18. (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under
Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom
(Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in
sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block
(Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing
Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for
anglers' flies. --Kingsley.Fly cap, a cap with wings,
formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a
reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
rotates backward and forward. --Knight.Fly fishing, the
act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
flies; fishing using a fly[2] as bait. --Walton. -- --
Fly fisherman, one who fishes using natural or artificial
flies[2] as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in
that manner. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing
flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the
speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant
of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem
and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and {L.
Xylosteum}. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an
artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the
beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
Fly net, a screen to exclude insects.
Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
nut.
Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose
flowers resemble flies.
Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
feed upon or are entangled by it.
Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
leaf of a table.
Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
Fly snapper (Zool.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.
On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
batted ball caught before touching the ground..
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To flap in the mouth
(gcide) | Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.
flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]
1. To beat with a flap; to strike.
[1913 Webster]
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the
wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
[1913 Webster]
To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
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earflap
(wn) | earflap
n 1: one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm
[syn: earflap, earlap] |
flap
(wn) | flap
n 1: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge;
hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of
the envelope"
2: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither,
pother, fuss, tizzy, flap]
3: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap,
flapping, flutter, fluttering]
4: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
5: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to
increase lift or drag [syn: flap, flaps]
v 1: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the
beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave]
2: move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
3: move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings";
"The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" [syn:
beat, flap]
4: move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
[syn: beat, flap]
5: make a fuss; be agitated [syn: dither, flap, pother]
6: pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds |
flap down
(wn) | flap down
v 1: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn:
slam, flap down] |
flapcake
(wn) | flapcake
n 1: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
[syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, {flannel-
cake}, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake,
hot cake] |
flapjack
(wn) | flapjack
n 1: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
[syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, {flannel-
cake}, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake,
hot cake] |
flapper
(wn) | flapper
n 1: a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional
conduct and dress |
flapping
(wn) | flapping
n 1: the motion made by flapping up and down [syn: flap,
flapping, flutter, fluttering] |
flaps
(wn) | flaps
n 1: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to
increase lift or drag [syn: flap, flaps] |
flip-flap
(wn) | flip-flap
adv 1: with repeated strokes and noise; "something going flip-
flap in the night" |
landing flap
(wn) | landing flap
n 1: a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow
the plane for landing |
pocket flap
(wn) | pocket flap
n 1: a flap that covers the access to a pocket |
tent flap
(wn) | tent flap
n 1: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back
to provide entrance to a tent [syn: tent-fly, rainfly,
fly sheet, fly, tent flap] |
unflappable
(wn) | unflappable
adj 1: not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by
extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he
now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-
possession"; "unflappable in a crisis" [syn:
imperturbable, unflappable] |
flap
(foldoc) | FLAP
A symbolic mathematics package for IBM 360.
["FLAP Programmer's Manual", A.H. Morris Jr., TR-2558 (1971)
US Naval Weapons Lab].
[Sammet 1969, p. 506].
[Jargon File]
(1994-10-17)
flap
1. To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap,
flap, flap). Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days
when the disk was device 0 and microtapes were 1, 2,
etc. and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a
motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.
The term is used, by extension, for unloading any magnetic
tape. See also macrotape. Modern cartridge tapes no
longer actually flap, but the usage has remained.
The term could well be re-applied to DEC's TK50 cartridge
tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption which
makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type
lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.
2. See flapping router.
[Jargon File]
(1997-06-17)
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flapping router
(foldoc) | flapping router
route flapping
A router that transmits routing updates
alternately advertising a destination network first via one
route, then via a different route.
Flapping routers are identified on more advanced {protocol
analysers} such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
(1999-08-24)
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route flapping
(foldoc) | flapping router
route flapping
A router that transmits routing updates
alternately advertising a destination network first via one
route, then via a different route.
Flapping routers are identified on more advanced {protocol
analysers} such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
(1999-08-24)
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flap
(jargon) | flap
vt.
1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap, flap...). Old-time
hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk was device 0 and DEC
microtapes were 1, 2,... and attempting to flap device 0 would instead
start a motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.
2. By extension, to unload any magnetic tape. Modern cartridge tapes no
longer actually flap, but the usage has remained. (The term could well be
re-applied to DEC's TK50 cartridge tape drive, a spectacularly
misengineered contraption which makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an
old reel-type lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.)
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