FLOPPING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in folding

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verb

present participle of flop

as in plopping

to throw or set down clumsily or casually they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter

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as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped, and our team lost by five points

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as in flapping

to move or cause to move with a striking motion a fish flopping around on the dock

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Recent Examples of flopping

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So, is California’s unemployment market slogging along or flopping into a quagmire of job cuts? —

Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026 There was indeed something charming about these explosive Muppet looks, but is the woman who can afford Bottega Veneta really flopping around Art Basel, dinner parties and business meetings in such enormous clothes? —

Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026 The ponytails were flopping and the eyelashes were flapping at West Orange High on Saturday afternoon, but don’t think the girls participating in the first-ever Orlando All-American Exposure Camp weren’t just as intense as the boys from the morning session. —

Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026 Waterfield's extra point was deflected, flopping low toward the uprights. —

CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 By a standard box-office calculus, such a low- to mid-seven-figure debut for a nonfiction film with $75 million in negative costs means Melania has little to no chance of avoiding flopping theatrically. —

Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 Stiller’s character attempts to match the athletic feat in a heated rage by climbing high and belly-flopping right onto a drum kit as the music powers on. —

Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 Perspectives 🏁 The viral video of a Kansas referee seemingly flopping during a high school girl’s basketball game is a bad look. —

Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026 And the brands that are flopping are the ones that are too safe. —

Miles Socha, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flopping

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Malott’s grandfather had always kept a beat-up old oak bi-folding table behind the counter.

— Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Mar. 2026
To our eye, the Marco Polo offers a better, higher-spec base van, but the Jules Verne boasts the better camper layout, especially for a family with kids that can fit comfortably on the short folding bed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026