as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
there was a major flap when area residents found out that the President would be visiting
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as in to flutter
to move or cause to move with a striking motion
the stirring sight of a huge flock of geese flapping their wings
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Recent Examples of flap
Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
In October, the Chancery, a similarly roomy bag with a large flap closure, will launch, while Radley is already preparing for the Christmas campaign which is set to launch in November.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
In other cases, the shows served to demonstrate prevailing bias among those Americans affluent enough to attend the shows in Cypress Gardens and similar venues (the Confederate flag flapping a-top of a skiing pyramid in the 1970s was unremarkable).
—Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
An examination of the plane after impact revealed the landing gear down and flaps retracted, according to the preliminary report.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
In October, the Chancery, a similarly roomy bag with a large flap closure, will launch, while Radley is already preparing for the Christmas campaign which is set to launch in November.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Tamsin flaps her hand to fan herself.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
In other cases, the shows served to demonstrate prevailing bias among those Americans affluent enough to attend the shows in Cypress Gardens and similar venues (the Confederate flag flapping a-top of a skiing pyramid in the 1970s was unremarkable).
—Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flap
Noun
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Advertisement Buyback frenzy — But plenty of companies are profiting like crazy off the AI boom—so why has Ellison profited so uniquely enormously?—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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While earlier incidents against Jewish sites, coming amid the backlash over the soaring death toll in Israel’s conflict in Gaza, sparked a media frenzy around this particularly act of brazen antisemitism, the pigs’ heads did not have the same effect.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Later, Tom pours vodka into a Phillies cup and watches birds flutter by at night while Robbie gets his guns ready and shakes down a trap house.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the Lower West Side of Chicago, music blared and green, white and red flags fluttered down the streets of the predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood on Saturday as crowds gathered for the start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Set two years after the little robot lady went on a murderous rampage and was subsequently destroyed, M3GAN’s creator Gemma (Williams) has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of AI.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara condemned the rampage and said the repeat offender endangered the public.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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