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mud flap

mud flap noun: a flap that hangs down behind a vehicle's wheel so that mud and other things kicked up by the wheel will hit the flap instead of a vehicle behind.

Noun

mud flap (plural mud flaps)

  1. A flap that hangs down behind a vehicle's wheel so that mud and other things kicked up by the wheel will hit the flap instead of a vehicle behind.

Forms of mud flap

pluralmud flaps
alternative formmudflap

Questions about mud flap

What does mud flap mean?
Mud flap means a flap that hangs down behind a vehicle's wheel so that mud and other things kicked up by the wheel will hit the flap instead of a vehicle behind.
What part of speech is mud flap?
Mud flap is a noun.
What is the plural of mud flap?
The plural of mud flap is mud flaps.

Words near mud flap in the dictionary

  1. mud eels
  2. mud fence
  3. mud fever
  4. mud fight
  5. mud fights
  6. mud flap
  7. mud flaps
  8. mud flat
  9. mud flats
  10. mud flood
  11. mud flow

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