From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (fl[o^]pt);
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.
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2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
--Fielding.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. 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.
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2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and
unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flop \Flop\, n.
Act of flopping. [Colloq.] --W. H. Russell.
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