What does "flopping" mean?

The motion of something that flops.

What is a synonym for "flopping"?

Common synonyms include: dud, dud, abode, also ran, also-ran, alter.

Flopping

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

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."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of flop form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

dud dud abode also ran also-ran alter

Example

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"[…] 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."

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Rabi flopping

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