2006-10-03 22:56:29 · 6 answers · asked by hog4ubaby 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Birds control their young by flapping their wings and if they do not do as they are told they flap faster.
It is also a warning to predators that they are prepared to fight.
One last one is that the male bird uses flapping as means of showing off to attract a female. The male has the brightest colours and opening and flapping the wings shows them at their best.
2006-10-03 23:37:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of birds, like chickens or cage birds...when they are upset they flap around a lot and make a fuss. "To flap about something" then is to make a big old noisy fuss...or as they say now, to have a hissy fit! "Stop your flapping"---calm down and stop panicking.
2006-10-04 01:21:38 · answer #2 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it comes from an agitated bird/winged animal flapping it's wings to try to escape/fight back...
You get aggitated, you 'flap' for no reason...
2006-10-03 22:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chickens! when they get in a flap when they are flustered or upset and start flapping their wings manickly.
2006-10-03 22:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by michelle a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop flappin those jaws!
2006-10-03 23:34:38 · answer #5 · answered by ash 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gay people!
Cricketers!-sorry, they are gay people.
2006-10-04 01:28:35 · answer #6 · answered by paulobfunky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋