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Flap may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Biology and healthcare
Computing and networks
The phenomenon of some variable or resource
oscillating or alternating rapidly between two
states
Route flapping , when a network router flips between different routes
Link flap , errant behavior in a communications link
Engineering and design
Flap (aeronautics) , a lift augmentation device on an airplane wing, often near the trailing edge
Flapping, the up-and-down motion of a
helicopter rotor
Flap, any hinged plate often used as a cover or a simple one-way
valve
Sluice or flap gate, a pressure driven water flow control device between a channel and other water body
Bum flap (or butt flap), a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocks
Mudflap , a guard for tires
Pet door or pet flap
Roof flap , an aerodynamic feature of race cars
Linguistics
Flap consonant , a sound produced by brief contact between one articulator (such as the tongue) and another (such as 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
Other uses
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Topics referred to by the same term