What is "flopping"

Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (fl[o^]pt); 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.

n. The motion of something that flops. vb. (present participle of flop English)

1. adv. with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"

2. exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right]

3. v. fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"

4. fall suddenly and abruptly

5. fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: fall through, fall flat, founder]

6. [also: flopping, flopped]

1. n. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" [syn: floating-point operation]

2. someone who is unsuccessful [syn: dud, washout]

3. a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: bust]

4. the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" [syn: collapse]

5. [also: flopping, flopped]

See flop