The part of the flush valve in a toilet that allows water to enter and exit the tank.

Disc-like composite rubber seal that retains water in a toilet tank. During the flushing cycle, it is lifted to release water from the tank into the toilet bowl for a complete flushing cycle.

The moving part of the flush valve that seals the water into the tank or allows water to exit the tank for the flush cycle. The most common replacement part used on conventional toilets. Also a 1920s dancer.

Also known as flush ball, the flapper is the moving part of the flush valve that seals the water into the tank or allows water to exit the tank for the flush cycle. This is the predominant replacement part used on conventional toilets.

Moving part of flush valve that seals water into the tank or allows water to exit the tank for the flush cycle. Also known as a flush ball. Flappers in KOHLER toilets are made of vinyl as opposed to rubber, which makes them highly resistant to most minerals and the chlorine often found in water. This is the predominant replacement part used on conventional toilets. Never use in-tank cleaners, as they can cause serious damage to this part.

a girl who behaves and dresses according to the fashions and youth culture of the 1920s.

The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered "decent" behavior. The flappers were seen as brash in their time for wearing makeup, drinking hard liquor and smoking tobacco.

Horrible little loose bit of skin that hangs off your fingers, invariably following intense bouldering on sharp rock such as greywacke (eg Baring Head). [Wendy Allison