- present participle of flop.
flopping
Example Sentences
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War is filled with flopping, feints and trickery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Dick Fosbury flopping over the bar in the high jump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
If you lift a square from the center of the pan, it should hold itself together with quiet dignity — no flopping, no folding, nothing that resembles a dachshund being scooped up stomach-first.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
Afterward, some Canadian hockey analysts accused her of flopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
It showed a boy, hair flopping in his eyes and bulging muscles ripping his shirt sleeves—Dimple snorted—handing a fierce-looking girl a paper flower.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
