flop
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3.5
- noun
- /flɑp/
- The top of her arms flop in her nightgown, and she is unsteady when she walks.
Examples
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At some point, Fosbury did his flop for the first time.
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We're gonna have a belly-flop contest in the pool.
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Siggy does a belly flop then comes up for air, furious.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gooden then demonstrated a classic flop, hurling backward at the slightest touch of contact.
Blog text (7) -
During the high dive competition, she made a spectacular flop into the water that impressed the crowd.
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He lost his balance and fell with a loud flop on the grass.
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The dog did a playful flop onto his back, asking for a belly rub.
Synonyms
150
1.0
A sudden fall from a higher place to a lower place
39
1.0
An accidental sliding that makes you lose your balance
32
2.9
A rolling fall or gymnastic turn of the body
17
1.1
An act of dropping from a higher place
13
1.7
A sudden fall when someone loses balance while moving
4
4.7
A sudden fall that happens during a sport, often from a board or bike
4
4.1
A dive where the stomach hits the water flat and hurts
4
8.9
A fall in which someone lands on their bottom, often in a funny way
A dive where someone lands flat on their stomach and feels a painful hit
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.1
An electronic circuit that stays in one of two states to store information
- Specialized
1
8.9
A high jump method where the jumper goes over the bar backwards, head first
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flop comes from the simple sound 'flop' people use for a soft, heavy hit, like a fish landing or someone falling down. So a flop is a sudden, heavy fall or collapse.