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, 4 Jan. 2025
The delegates themselves had proposed a refinement to the voting, asking for the results to be covered beneath a privacy flap, so that social influence had less sway over their choices.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Using a real taxidermy pheasant head and pheasant wings, the research team tested the creation of a drone with flapping wings.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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Noun
While activity-tracking collars have been on the market for several years, these and other devices, like smart pet flaps, are making our pets more high-tech than ever.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2025
The delegates themselves had proposed a refinement to the voting, asking for the results to be covered beneath a privacy flap, so that social influence had less sway over their choices.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
The team initially studied pheasants’ wings and flapping patterns to engineer a realistic drone that, when paired with a real taxidermied pheasant head and wings, could blend in naturally with live pheasants for less invasive wildlife monitoring.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Using a real taxidermy pheasant head and pheasant wings, the research team tested the creation of a drone with flapping wings.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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Noun
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Patrick Reed drained a hole-in-one at the 'Watering Hole,' which sent fans into a frenzy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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That froze the clock at 6:06 and sent the Bell Centre into a frenzy.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two large, white bracts (structures surrounding the flower) flutter delicately in a light breeze, reminiscent of white birds, spirits, or tissues in a tree.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Feb. 2025
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Yellow blossoms on little-leaf green-twig shrubs attract local bees, and butterflies flutter in a mad dance around sprays of blue mistflower.—
Sunshine Flint,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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In November 2020, a man who had previously attempted to join the Islamic State carried out a rampage in Vienna, armed with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive vest, killing four people before being fatally shot by police.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Michael Howell pleaded guilty to three counts of felony assault for his bottle-breaking rampage through Midtown on Oct. 5, 2023, that left three people seriously hurt and bleeding from cuts and other wounds to their heads, faces and bodies.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Flap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flap. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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