flopping
present participle offlop
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We cannot gofloppingalong like this every year, with incomes roaring ahead, and then a large increase in income tax.
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The new programme appears to befloppingbecause it is not attracting enough people.
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The album failed to chart a major hit, with the title trackfloppingin comparison to previous lead singles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fines forfloppingwere introduced the following season.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because it is inherently designed to deceive the official,floppingis generally considered to be unsportsmanlike.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Initial previews were poor, and the film ended upfloppingbadly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She went on running, pulverizing her sesamoids, ripping the skin of her fetlock and tearing her ligaments until her hoof wasfloppinguselessly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I didn't think the best defensive player in the game would befloppinglike that.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A second music video was a metaphorical representation using a fishfloppingaround on a dry lake bed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They do not reverse the pages (so calledflopping).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Therefore, they would raise their feet high with the toesfloppingdownward, which would touch the pavement first followed by their heels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But her reign at the top was brief; her films startedfloppingin the 1950s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the playoffs, players are fined $5,000 for their firstfloppingoffense, $10,000 for a second, $15,000 for a third, and $30,000 for a fourth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fish nearly always leave the pool on the side towards the ocean, and are able to travel straight towards the ocean rather thanfloppingaround randomly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Stimpy's trademark facial expression is a blissfully ignorant smile with his tonguefloppingout.
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