Clues for the word "FLAP"
We've had 135 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 316 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on November 02, 2025.
Definition of flap
- v. - Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
- v. - A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.
- v. - The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.
- v. - A disease in the lips of horses.
- n. - To beat with a flap; to strike.
- n. - To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.
- v. i. - To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.
- v. i. - To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing.
Referring Clues
- To-do
- Part of an envelope
- Brouhaha
- Envelope part
- Book jacket part
- Ruckus
- Hoo-ha
- Letter opener?
- What flags do in the wind
- Noisy to-do
- Uproar
- Scandal
- Big to-do
- Dr. Dentons opening
- Opening in some pajamas
- Tent door
- Try to stay up?
- Tizzy
- Agitated state
- Ado
- Dust jacket part
- Codpiece, essentially
- Hubbub
- What bird wings do
- Exercise, as wings
- Wing movement
- Dr. Dentons feature
- Hullabaloo
- Entrance at a bivouac, perhaps
- Book jacket foldover
- Plane-wing part
- Dog door, often
- Do a Chicken Dance move
- Envelope closer
- Do part of the chicken dance
- Start to take flight
- Envelope feature
- Pocket cover
- Move, as one's wings
- Part of a cardboard box
- Pajamas' rear opening
- Flag sound
- Opening in some pajamas, once
- Envelope closure
- Dust-up
- Tent part
- Commotion
- Wing feature
- Kerfuffle
- One may be on the wing
- Start to take off
- Move one's wings
- Wave
- Wing it?
- Doggy door
- Nonsense
- Try to get airborne, maybe
- Tent entrance
- Envelope back
- Envelope part that's licked
- Move, as wings
- Wave in the wind
- Back of an envelope
- Try to get airborne
- Stir
- Beat the air
- Trouble
- Move the wings
- Bubble-mailer feature
- Plane part
- Pop-up book feature
- Flutter
- Swing to and fro
- Door in the woods
- Tent door on "m*a*s*h"
- Airplane wing part
- Beat, as wings
- Flag-in-the-wind sound
- Onesie's rear opening
- Epiglottis, for one
- Try to get airborne, in a way
- Minor controversy
- Tent entrance feature
- Dr. Dentons rear opening
- Feature on the back of some pajamas
- Babble
- Tab
- A bird may ___ its wings
- Move, as birds' wings
- Part of a cereal box
- Move, as a bird's wings
- Wing motion
- Concert ruckus
- Concert to-do
- Concert uproar
- Wave up and down - panic
- Tab - tizzy - move wings
- Move wings up and down
- Move up and down (as wings)
- State of panic
- Adjustable part of wing - panic
- Panic
- Air traffic control in a state of panic
- Disagreement
- Sweet thing, female round JFK?
- Buttoned part of pajamas, sometimes
- Part of a large envelope
- Tepee's door
- Blurb location
- Cover, perhaps, producing panic
- Part of a book cover that's inside the book
- Move like a 60-Down's wings
- Opening on some pajamas
- Pajamas' butt cover
- Swing noisily, as a shutter
- Controversy
- "Door" for pets
- Sound of sails in the wind
- Shirt pocket feature
- Tent feature
- When there's a panic, Alf turns quiet
- Tent opening
- Operate wings, like a bird
- Airplane wing feature
- Tipi entrance
- Winter cap attachment
- Part of a book jacket
- Wing it?
- Part of a tent
- ___ of luxury
- Door of a tent
- Try to fly
- What birds do to fly
- Piece of a children's book, perhaps
- Fuss
Last Seen In
- New York Times - November 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 19, 2025
- Daily American - August 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 18, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 24, 2025
- LA Times - April 10, 2025
- New York Times - March 21, 2025
- LA Times - March 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2024
- New York Times - November 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 19, 2024
- Daily American - June 12, 2024
- USA Today - May 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 12, 2024
- New York Times - April 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 10, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 13, 2024
- Daily American - December 18, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 14, 2023
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