flap vs spang

flap

verb
  • To move (something broad and loose) up and down. 

  • To move loosely back and forth. 

  • Of a resource or network destination: to be advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession. 

noun
  • A side fin of a ray. 

  • A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound /ɾ/ in the standard American English pronunciation of body. 

  • The motion of anything broad and loose, or a sound or stroke made with it. 

  • Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved. 

  • A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery. 

  • A hinged leaf. 

  • The labia, the vulva. 

  • A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag. 

  • A controversy, scandal, stir, or upset. 

spang

verb
  • To hitch; fasten. 

  • To set with bright points: star or spangle. 

  • To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. 

  • To strike or ricochet with a loud report 

  • To leap; spring. 

noun
  • A bound or spring; a leap. 

  • A span. 

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