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
IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2024
To Lead Broadway Cast Sunset Blvd., a couple weeks out from the Nicole Scherzinger social media flap, posted a gross of $1,902,072, up more than $44,000 over the previous week.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Under the rising sun—around midnight in Manhattan—the destruction was revealed: sloppy gray craters pounded into the earth like graves, scorched nurseries, splintered cribs, clothes flapping like the flags of stillborn nations, and people half dead or fully dead, pallored in dust.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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Noun
This tech produces ultrasound by vibrating robust silicon flaps coated in piezoelectric material.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2024
To Lead Broadway Cast Sunset Blvd., a couple weeks out from the Nicole Scherzinger social media flap, posted a gross of $1,902,072, up more than $44,000 over the previous week.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
His bioluminescent wings seemed to have been caught flapping in this beat between time.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Under the rising sun—around midnight in Manhattan—the destruction was revealed: sloppy gray craters pounded into the earth like graves, scorched nurseries, splintered cribs, clothes flapping like the flags of stillborn nations, and people half dead or fully dead, pallored in dust.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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However, the football player dressed in a tuxedo surprised the London crowd on June 23 by picking up a crumpled Swift and sending the fandom into a frenzy.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Gill, who gained fame by helping to start the meme-stock frenzy involving AMC and GameStop, posted to his 1.6 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, a version of Time magazine’s 2006 Person of the Year cover.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Williams finally took the snap with 5 seconds left and fluttered a deep pass that fell harmlessly incomplete as time expired.David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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In the background is an iconic Geneva boat, the Epoque paddle steamer, and on the left upper corner are flags of Switzerland and the City of Geneva fluttering in the wind.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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From there, Blair goes on a rampage when her dad brings home his new boyfriend, and Serena seeks the perfect gift for Dan.Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Things took an intense turn in the finale when John and Jane were both convinced that the other had been instructed to kill them, leading them on a rampage through the streets of Manhattan.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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