wing flap
Frequency: 8.020.0 per million words
The wings move up and down.
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Examples (10)
- The eagle spread its wings and began to flap.
- With a powerful flap of its wings, the bird took flight.
- The pigeon's wings flapped rapidly as it tried to escape.
- You could hear the distinct flap of the bat's leathery wings.
- The mechanical bird's wings flapped with a whirring sound.
- The butterfly's delicate wings flapped gently in the breeze.
- He watched the swan flap its enormous wings before lifting off the water.
- The sound of the owl's wings flapping in the night was eerie.
- The child imitated the way the bird's wings flap when it flies.
- The emergency services were alerted to a plane with damaged wings that had trouble with its flap controls.