Editing Flap

{{Wiktionary|flap}}
'''Flap''' may refer to:
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==Arts, entertainment, and media==
* [[Flap (film)|''Flap'' (film)]], a 1970 American film
* Flap, a boss character in the arcade game ''[[Gaiapolis]]''
* Flap, a minor character in the film ''[[Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland]]''

==Biology and healthcare==
* [[Flap (surgery)]], a surgical technique involving movement of vascularized tissue
** [[Free flap]], a specific kind of surgical flap
* [[Flapping tremor]] is a medical condition, also called asterixis
* [[5-lipoxygenase activating protein]] (FLAP)

== Computing and networks ==
* The phenomenon of some variable or resource [[Oscillation|oscillating]] or alternating rapidly between two [[State (computer science)|states]]
** [[Route flapping]], when a network router flips between different routes
** [[Link flap]], errant behavior in a communications link 

== Engineering and design ==
* [[Flap (aeronautics)]], a lift augmentation device on an airplane wing, often near the trailing edge
* Flapping, the up-and-down motion of a [[Helicopter rotor#Fully articulated|helicopter rotor]]
* Flap, any hinged plate often used as a cover or a simple one-way [[valve]]
** [[Sluice]] or flap gate, a pressure driven water flow control device between a channel and other water body
** [[Bum flap]] (or butt flap), a separately removable part of underwear (un)covering the buttocks
** [[Mudflap]], a guard for tires
** [[Pet door]] or pet flap
* [[Roof flap]], an aerodynamic feature of race cars

== Linguistics ==
* [[Flap consonant]], a sound produced by brief contact between one articulator (such as the tongue) and another (such as the roof of the mouth)
** [[Flapping]], a process by which a {{IPA|/t/}} or a {{IPA|/d/}} before an unstressed vowel is pronounced as a flap consonant

==Other uses==
* Flapping, one of the basic mechanics of [[Bird flight#Basic mechanics of bird flight|bird flight]]

* Hand flapping, a common form of [[Stimming|self-stimulatory behaviour]]

==See also==
* [[Flapper (disambiguation)]]

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