FLOPPED

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flop

(verb) fall suddenly and abruptly

flop

(verb) fall loosely; “He flopped into a chair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

flopped

simple past tense and past participle of flop

Source: Wiktionary


FLOP

Flop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] Etym: [A variant of flap.]

1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] Fielding.

Flop, v. i.

1. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.

2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Flop, n.

Definition: Act of flopping. [Colloq.] W. H. Russell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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