to flap in the mouth

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flapping.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]

1.To beat with a flap; to strike. [1913 Webster]

Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. [1913 Webster]

To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright. [1913 Webster]

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