flopping

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noun

The motion of something that flops.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of flop
nounflopping (plural floppings)

plural floppings

  1. The motion of something that flops.

    […] it belongs to the realm of magnetic currents or to the binding properties of steel girders and not to the floppings of grass or the contours of the parochial churchyard.

    1916, Ezra Pound, Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir
adjectiveflopping (comparative more flopping, superlative most flopping)

comparative more flopping · superlative most flopping

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    flopping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flopping

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    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flopping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flopping.

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