Cryptic crossword clue
Flapper holding a five, flapping 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WAVING

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The straight part
We know that "flapping" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flapping = waving.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WAVING mean?

WAVING verb
  1. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
  2. To put aside, avoid.
  3. To outlaw (someone).
  4. To abandon, give up (someone or something).
WAVING verb
  1. To move from side to side; to sway.
  2. To stray, wander.
WAVING verb
  1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
  2. To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
  3. (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
  4. To have an undulating or wavy form.
  5. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
  6. To produce waves to the hair.
  7. To swing and miss at a pitch.
  8. To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
  9. (metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
  10. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
  11. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
WAVING noun
  1. The motion of something that waves.
  2. Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal.

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