flop
verb (used without object)
to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed bydown ).
are flopping
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present progressiveof flop.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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N.B.A. stars are flopping with flair, The Times’s Kurt Streeter writes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
Plants are flopping, and leaves are dropping; the garden is letting go.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
As Margaret Roach writes in her gardening column this week, “Plants are flopping, and leaves are dropping; the garden is letting go.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports as many as 200 of the lanky white birds are flopping awkwardly in the tops of the towering trees, roosting, squawking, falling out of nests.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2017
Well, you are not encouraging me; you are flopping on me like a wet blanket.
From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by W. Boucher
