Flap

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Flap may refer to:

The arts

• Flap, a minor character in the film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
• Flap, a boss character in the arcade game Gaiapolis
• Flap, an alternative title for the film The Last Warrior

Other

• 5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP)
• Brouhaha, a general state of social agitation
• Flap (aeronautics), a hinged surface on the trailing edge of an airplane wing
• Flapping, the up-and-down motion of a helicopter rotor
• Flapping, one of the basic mechanics of bird flight
• Hand flapping, a common form of self-stimulatory behaviour
• Flap (surgery), a surgical technique involving movement of vascularized tissue
  • Free flap, a specific kind of surgical flap
• Flap consonant, a sound produced by brief contact between the tongue and the roof of the mouth
  • Flapping, a process by which a /t/ or a /d/ before an unstressed vowel is pronounced as a flap consonant
• Flap, any hinged plate often used as a cover or a simple one-way valve
  • Bum flap (or butt flap), a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocks
  • Mudflap, a guard for tires on automobiles
  • Pet door, a hinged flap that allows a cat or other small pet to enter or leave a room or building
  • Sluice or flap gate, a pressure driven water flow control device between a channel and other water body
• Roof flap, an aerodynamic feature of race cars
• Route flapping, when a router alternately advertises a destination network first via one route then another

See also

• Flapper (disambiguation)