Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which flops.
- noun Specifically A young duck; a flapper.
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- noun one who
flops
Etymologies
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Examples
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As we've said time and time again, looking like a flip-flopper is far worse than having particular positions that some voters may disagree with, but sometimes changing your position causes even more trouble with the people you were originally trying to target.
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And the flip-flopper is now saying she is in the middle?
Sound Politics: "The heavyweight fight for the waterfront" 2007
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He laughingly acknowledged that he has been called a flopper, but not a faker.
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He understands that you can reverse yourself and avoid the -- the term flip-flopper, which is applied to people who sometimes reverse themselves in politics.
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He understands that you can reverse yourself and avoid the term flip-flopper, which is applied to people who sometimes reverse themselves in politics.
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He understands that you can reverse yourself and avoid the -- the term flip-flopper, which is applied to people who sometimes reverse themselves in politics.
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"flopper" -- and saying the NBA product had been watered down by such calls.
ESPN.com 2009
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In the 2004 election campaign the Republicans roared about things like this, constantly referring to it as the kind of "flip-flop" that should disqualify the "flopper" from being President.
"And John McCain either doesn't know who the Prime Minister of Spain is, thinks Spain is a country in Latin America, or possibly both." Ann Althouse 2008
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Roy laid down his "flopper" and examined the board carefully, the excited Pee-wee joining him.
Tom Slade at Temple Camp Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913
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First, the decision by Brynes to sign that lovable fan fav Eric 'flopper' Burns to a long term contract - there by making Carlos Quentin a throw away for part of the Haren deal.
MVN 2008
tbtabby commented on the word flopper
A customer who agrees to the first pencil price, like a fish that jumps into a boat and flops around before the fisherman even puts their hook in the water.
September 8, 2018