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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Flop \Flop\, v. i.
1. 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.
2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and
unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.]
--Dickens.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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