Flap has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Whales flap their tails up and down and sharks from one side to the other. | |
| 2. | Flap your wings or die. | |
| 3. | Birds flap their wings to fly. | |
| 4. | "As they, returning, sport with joyous cry, / and flap their wings and circle in the sky, / e'en so thy vessels and each late-lost crew / safe now and scatheless in the harbour lie, / or, crowding canvas, hold the port in view." | |
| 5. | When straight, down-swooping from the hills meanwhile / the Harpies flap their clanging wings, and tear / the food, and all with filthy touch defile, / and, mixt with screams, uprose a sickening stench and vile. |