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, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Crafted with 100 percent Merino wool, this versatile style combines the structural details of a trench coat, like a storm flap, with the comfort and ease of tie waist robe coats.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2025
Ingrid Newkirk, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
Hawksbill sea turtles happily flap through the world’s tropical oceans with bellies full of glass-like fragments.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The washed canvas is a durable fabric, while the outer flap and buckles provide security.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Crafted with 100 percent Merino wool, this versatile style combines the structural details of a trench coat, like a storm flap, with the comfort and ease of tie waist robe coats.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
Puffers vigorously flap their fins to carve intricate circular patterns into the sand.
—Ingrid Newkirk, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
Hawksbill sea turtles happily flap through the world’s tropical oceans with bellies full of glass-like fragments.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flap
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The meal concluded with a luscious pavlova, but the conversation lingered well into the night, as the fashion week frenzy charged ahead toward its final stretch of shows and soirées.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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Big Tech stocks and companies that rode the artificial intelligence frenzy in recent years have slumped sharply.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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Or catch a ferry to Lokrum Island—a 72-hectare nature reserve home to towering pine forests, a medieval Benedictine monastery (established in the 11th century), and botanical gardens where flirty peacocks flutter their feathers.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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His long-distance shot skimmed off the stick of Niko Mikkola and fluttered past Juuse Saros.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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After the rampage, fighters began systematically looting and burning homes and stealing cars, Abu Ali and activists said.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The lawless rampage of the second Trump Administration has already touched everything from rangers at America’s treasured national parks to the very pillars of the decades-old transatlantic alliance.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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