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moving
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adjective
in motion
a constantly moving crowd
the moving parts of the machine
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adjective
arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter
— N. Hawthorne
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adjective
used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion
Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or 'the movies'
flap
Noun
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A flap is something that is long and loose that moves, often covering something.
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A flap is when people get excited and talk about something that happened.
The comment caused quite a flap in the newspapers.
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Flap is the movement of anything long and loose, or the sound made from it.
He opened the door with a flap.
I can hear the flap of the flag, it must be windy.
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A flap is the part of the airplane wing that moves.
The pilot put the flaps up so the plan would go up.
flap
Verb
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If you flap something, you move something long back and forward.
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If you flap, you move loosely back and forward.
The bird flapped its wings.
The flag flapped in the wind.