Flapping - English meaning

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

verb

To argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change

Usage examples:

Telephone companies began to agitate for permission to compete in long distance services., any ment…

verb

To make someone feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.

phrase

To be very nervous, excited, or confused

Usage examples:

Gideon is in a bit of a dither about what to wear for the interview., i'm in a dither over whether …

idiom

To become nervous and upset

Usage examples:

She got into a real state before her driving test.

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

noun

A threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.

Usage examples:

In some middle eastern locations, the same animals dragged a sledge over the ears, or workers manua…

verb

Wave or swing wildly.

Usage examples:

His arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance

verb

(especially of arms and legs) to move energetically in an uncontrolled way

Usage examples:

A wasp came towards us and howard started flailing his arms around., she ran from the house in a te…

verb

(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly.

Usage examples:

A couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden

noun

An act of fluttering.

Usage examples:

There was a flutter of wings at the window

verb

To move in quick, irregular motions, or to cause something to move this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] the flags fluttered in the breeze., there was a flutter of wings overhead.

noun

A display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest.

Usage examples:

I don't know what all the fuss is about

verb

Show unnecessary or excessive concern about something.

Usage examples:

She's always fussing about her food

noun

A show of anger, worry, or excitement that is unnecessary or greater than the situation deserves

Usage examples:

Make such a fuss she made such a fuss when richard spilled a drop of wine on her blouse!, fuss abou…

verb

Move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm.

Usage examples:

The grain pan near the front of the combine oscillates back and forth

verb

To move repeatedly from side to side or up and down between two points, or to vary between two states or amounts, or feelings or opinions

Usage examples:

She oscillates between cooperation and hostility., mealtimes strongly influence this daily oscillat…

verb

To move repeatedly from one position to another

Usage examples:

Oscillate between sth and sth the stock has spent most of the past five years oscillating between $…

noun

Sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour.

Usage examples:

She hit him in panic

verb

Feel or cause to feel panic.

Usage examples:

The crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit

noun

A cereal and fodder grass of a group including millet.

Usage examples:

Two of the most common, but functionally indeterminate, grass grains regularly identified from amer…

idiom

To do something quickly without thinking about it in order to deal with a difficult or worrying situation

verb

Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

Usage examples:

The tree's branches stopped quivering

noun

A slight trembling movement or sound, especially one caused by a sudden strong emotion.

Usage examples:

She couldn't help the quiver in her voice

noun

An archer's portable case for holding arrows.

Usage examples:

He also had a framed backpack, a utility belt containing tools, a quiver containing 14 arrows, a fl…

verb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate.

Usage examples:

Buildings shook in sacramento and tremors were felt in reno

noun

An act of shaking.

Usage examples:

She gave her red curls a shake

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun

A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.

Usage examples:

The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.

verb

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn

verb

Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.

Usage examples:

She thrashed him across the head and shoulders

noun

A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing.

Usage examples:

The thrash of the waves

verb

Give a beating to

verb

Separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism.

Usage examples:

Machinery that can reap and thresh corn in the same process

verb

To remove the seeds of crop plants by hitting, using either a machine or a hand tool

verb

(of a person or part of the body) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

Isobel was trembling with excitement

noun

(of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

Isobel was trembling with excitement

verb

Give or cause to give a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement.

Usage examples:

Her lips twitched and her eyelids fluttered

noun

A short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement.

Usage examples:

His mouth gave a slight twitch

verb

To make a short and sudden movement, or to cause part of your body to move suddenly

Usage examples:

[ i ] she saw his mouth twitch into a little smile that disappeared almost at once., she signalled …

verb

Move continuously and rapidly to and fro.

Usage examples:

The cabin started to vibrate

verb

To move quickly backward and forward, or to cause something to shake

Usage examples:

[ i ] musical sounds are produced when the strings of the piano vibrate., [ i ] a thundering boom m…

verb

(especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro.

Usage examples:

His tail began to wag

noun

A single rapid movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

A chirpy wag of the head

verb

Play truant from (school).

Usage examples:

He began hanging out with bad people and wagging school

verb

Move or cause to move with short quick movements from side to side or up and down.

Usage examples:

His arm waggled

noun

An act of waggling.

Usage examples:

He went through the same routine, the same wiggles and waggles that he did on the golf course.

verb

Move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.

Usage examples:

He waved to me from the train

noun

A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.

Usage examples:

He was swept out to sea by a freak wave

verb

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth