flap

/flæp/ verb (present participle flapping, past tense and past participle flapped)

Translation

WINGS [T] › If a bird flaps its wings, it moves them up and down.

(kanat vb.) çırpmak, aşağı yukarı sallamak

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MOVE [I] › If something such as cloth or paper flaps, the side that is not fixed to something moves around, especially in the wind.

(rüzgârda) sallanmak, yalpalanmak

The curtains were flapping around in the breeze.1633

WORRY [I] UK informal › to become worried or excited about something

telaşlanmak, vesveselenmek, endişelenmek, heyecanlanmak

Don't flap! We've got plenty of time to get to the airport.568

(Definition of flap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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