Meaning & use
flopping
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Falling or dropping down heavily and loosely, often in a clumsy or exhausted way.
See it in a sentence
She came home and flopped onto the couch after a long shift.
The fish kept flopping around on the deck of the boat.
A note on using this word
In sports, "flopping" describes a player exaggerating or faking contact to draw a foul from the referee.
Words with a similar meaning
collapsingslumping
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Another way to use it
2. verb
In sports, exaggerating contact or falling to deceive a referee into calling a foul.
The defender was penalized for flopping in the penalty area.
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