beat its wings vs flap wings

Both "beat its wings" and "flap wings" are correct phrases that can be used interchangeably to describe the action of a bird or insect moving its wings up and down. They convey the same meaning and are commonly used in English.

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beat its wings

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of a bird or insect moving its wings up and down.

This phrase is used to describe the rhythmic motion of a bird or insect moving its wings up and down to fly or hover.

Examples:

The hummingbird beat its wings rapidly to stay in one spot.
The butterfly beat its wings gracefully as it fluttered from flower to flower.

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In order to maintain air-speed velocity a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right?
Its wings beat 80 times a second.
Quetzalcoatlus kept its wing beats to a minimum.
She beats her wings the way we want even if she can only do that by losing her own feathers.
Thirdly, on 4 September, right-wing extremists beat up a person whose parents are of Tunisian origin.
Legend says you will be able to hear a butterfly's wing beat.
On September 3rd 1973 at 6:28pm and 32 seconds, a bluebottle fly capable of 14,670 wing beats a minute landed on Rue St Vincent, Montmartre.
Wing beats of a dove drown out the heartbeats of those who follow.
Mother's face, lion's claw, beat your fierce wings in the deep chasms of Nistnesus, spread your scent, burn its power west.
NM: That's a mosquito wing beat you're hearing.
You know, for a quality shoe, you can't beat a good wing-tip. It wears like iron.
If we were to move fast enough, we, too, would disappear, like a hummingbird's wing that beats so fast, it shimmers into a blur.
"These little noises of footsteps and soft-fringed wing beats... and stealthy bellies drawn over the grass blades."
Now, this is a low powered laser, and we can actually pick up a wing-beat frequency.
Two top-notch officers, under my wing, beat seven gormless prostates from all over the posh shop!
Next we can actually light them up with a laser. Now, this is a low powered laser, and we can actually pick up a you May be able to hear some mosquitoes flying around. NM: That's a mosquito wing beat you're hearing.
Every song that it hears My heart wants to beat like the wings Of the birds that rise
You could, if you're really smart, you could shine a nonlethal laser on the bug before you zap it, and you could listen to the wing beat frequency and you could measure the size.
Beat it until the inspector leaves.
Well, perhaps this crane will lift your spirits with its wings.

Alternatives:

flap its wings
flutter its wings
flap around
flap like a bird

flap wings

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of a bird or insect moving its wings up and down.

This phrase is used to describe the motion of a bird or insect moving its wings up and down, typically to fly or hover.