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Webster 1913 Edition
Flop
Flop
(flŏp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flopped
(flŏpt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flopping
.] [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
(flŏp)
, Verb.
I.
1.
To strike about with something broad and 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
,Noun.
Act of flopping.
[Colloq.]
W. H. Russell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flop
FLOP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To clap or strike the wings.2.
To let down the brim of a hat.