Dictionary

mudflap en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmʌdˌflæp/

Etymology

From mud + flap.

Meanings

1. A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a motor vehicle (especially a truck) to prevent mud or rocks from being thrown up (by the wheel), either onto the body panels or into the path of vehicles following behind.
   • Yohji Yamamoto showed Alpine knits with cropped black trousers, fresh-looking coats in vanilla-colored wool, and knits and other wool colors embellished with the sort of female pinup images you see on old gas-station calendars or on the mudflaps of an 18-wheeler. 2007 February 1, Cathy Horyn, “The Good, the Bad, the Amusing”, in New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

mudflap girl

Relateds

kickup · mudguard

Translations (12)

nl spatlap (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · bg калобран (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · hu sárvédő lebeny (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · fr bavette (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · pl chlapacz (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · ru брызгови́к (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · ota چامورلق (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · ms kepak lumpur (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · mi pare po(w)haru (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · hu sárfogó gumi (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · es guardabarros (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle) · fi roiskeläppä (rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle)