klaff

== German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === klaff singular imperative of klaffen (colloquial) first-person singular present of klaffen == Swedish == === Etymology === Probably related to klapp, itself borrowed from Middle Low German klap, from Old Saxon klappōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klappōn (“to strike, clap, make a loud sound”). === Noun === klaff c a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered a drop-leaf (section of a table that can be folded up and down, or the hinged desktop of a secretary desk (sekretär) or the like) a leaf (span of a bascule bridge (klaffbro)) Synonym: broklaff a flap (on an aircraft wing) Synonym: vingklaff a flap (on a flap valve or the like) a key, a pad (on a (wood)wind instrument, like a saxophone or a clarinet) (colloquial) a gob, a trap, a mouth (in the expression håll klaffen) (anatomy) a valve ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== broklaff hjärtklaff håll klaffen klaffbord klaffbro klaffventil (“flap valve”) venklaff vingklaff ==== Related terms ==== klaffa ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== flik magmun skiva vindbrygga === References === “klaff”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “klaff”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “klaff”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) klaff in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)