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
Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Beef bottom sirloin flap meat, imported.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
That goes for Jimmy Kimmel and for anybody who flaps their gums for a living.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Sailor similarly accessorized her look with a designer handbag — a Saint Laurent flap clutch with a gold chain — and wore her blonde curls parted in the middle.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Beef bottom sirloin flap meat, imported.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Union Jacks flap gently in the breeze; a golden slither of evening sun drapes a row of cottages; a red postbox, still bearing the initials of the late Queen, stands outside a village church, bathed in the fading light.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
That goes for Jimmy Kimmel and for anybody who flaps their gums for a living.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flap
Noun
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New technologies at work cause something of a feeding frenzy.—
Nick Tzitzon,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The pair weathered the media frenzy, however.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The fastest way to a stressful hosting experience is by micro-managing and trying to do everything yourself, from setting out food and drink to cleaning up to fluttering around to ensure nothing is going wrong.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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There were discussions about the addition of false eyelashes, according to the film’s visual effects makeup artist and creature designer, Mike Hill, but the consensus was that Elordi’s own were long and fluttering enough.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In July 2011, a Norwegian neo-Nazi went on a rampage, detonating a bomb in Oslo, Norway, before opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on nearby Utoya Island.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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This Abel Ferrara cult classic follows a mute seamstress who goes on a revenge rampage after being attacked twice in one day on the streets of New York.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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