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 ).
is flopping
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present progressiveof flop (3rd person singular).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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That’s not to say all is flopping now for Zaslav and team: “Wuthering Heights” and Evil Dead Burn did pretty well, and the upcoming Dune: Part Three is already wreaking box-office havoc.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Some people in the tech community are now openly wondering if the Apple Watch is flopping.
From Forbes ● Jul. 13, 2015
Attached to her head are two ears, of a rabbit or deer, it’s not easy to tell; one of the ears has lost its starch or wiring and is flopping halfway down.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Her stomach is flopping around weirdly and she hasn’t even been on the Typhoon Terror yet.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
“I guess that picnic bunch is flopping around on the river from the sound.”
From Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
