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
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
Tensions with China worsen The flap with Beijing escalated in December when Chinese aircraft locked their radars, considered possible preparation for firing missiles, on Japanese planes during Chinese aircraft carrier drills near southwestern Japan.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Roughly the size of a microcassette and lighter than a paperclip, the machine uses soft artificial muscles that power its large flapping wings at high frequency.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Interior storm flap keeps out the wind and cold.
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But those series understood how to trace the flapping-butterfly-wing effects of such brutal actions outward, to take the violence and pain of our collective past and connect them to what this country would eventually become.
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Noun
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Travelers not seeking football frenzy should avoid the fall, when hotel and airfare prices skyrocket and crowds are large.—
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January was set to host a free-agent frenzy, with most league veterans aligning their contracts to expire in advance of the new CBA.—
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Consisting of wispy layers that create soft movement, akin to fluttering butterfly wings, the cut is a popular option for cascading long lengths.—
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With 10 minutes to spare before a rally at the intersection of 45th Street and Lamar Boulevard, at least 50 protesters were already showing up with drums, saxophones, homemade signs and fluttering American flags to protest ICE's killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good.—
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The agent took this to be a reference to the multifaceted terror rampage in France, which killed at least 130 people in 2015.—
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Trump’s rampage through federal programs has proven a liability there.—
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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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