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Does "flap" here mean "nervousness"?

 
 
Reply Thu 24 Dec, 2015 01:44 pm

Context:

Woman arrested for assaulting farting husband
Too much farting led to a few punches being thrown in bed! Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) has all the details about this flatulence flap.

More:
http://www.usatoday.com/
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Tes yeux noirs
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Reply Thu 24 Dec, 2015 01:52 pm
Fuss; commotion; furore I should think.
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Reply Thu 24 Dec, 2015 01:54 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
Cool.
Thanks.

BTW, I didn't get this from Oxford:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/flap

Just a seeming close:
A state of agitation; a panic:
your Gran was in a flap, worrying she’d put her foot in it
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Reply Thu 24 Dec, 2015 02:13 pm
"15. Informal.
a. a state of nervous excitement.
b. an emergency situation.
c. scandal; trouble."

"5. flap - make a fuss; be agitated
dither, pother
fret, fuss, niggle - worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now""

Hope that helps.
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Reply Thu 24 Dec, 2015 02:54 pm
@Nova Flare Q,
Thanks.
Where did you get these?
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