FLOP

Definitions for the word, flop

(n.) Act of flopping.

(v. i.) To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.

(v. i.) To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.

(v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

(v. t.) To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.