flopper
Americannoun
plural
floppers-
a person, especially a politician, who leaves their original side or opinion in order to join the opposing side.
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a person who commits fraud by purposely falling, often as if hit by a moving vehicle, in order to collect damages.
Example Sentences
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Jokic takes great pride in that sort of mantra, rising from a player whose game was once maligned — flopper, slow feet, poor defender — to what he is today.
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022
How is New England like the notorious soccer flopper Neymar?
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
These are hallmarks of a fence-sitter, of a flipper and flopper in changing winds.
From US News • Jun. 2, 2015
Pepe, himself an infamous flopper, ran back to Müller and began to scold him.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 30, 2014
Sometimes the pursuit of a flopper brought one of them within ten feet of where he stood, but they went about their business of snatch and dash and never seemed to notice him—until now.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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