Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flopped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flop \Flop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flopping}.] [A variant of flap.]
1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail,
etc.; to flap.
2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
--Fielding.
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