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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
- 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
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