Flopover

Quick meaning: Flopover is a noun meaning (uncountable) The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.

Meaning

(uncountable) The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.

More Meanings

1. (countable, figurative) A change from one position to another.

Example Sentences

My always-nervous stomach performed a flopover.

Now in the light of this history we see this sudden flopover in the Maritime Law Association dominated by the shipowners and their lawyers.

I prefer 'Mt. Fuji' [a variety of phlox], a good strong white that resists flopover from summer storms and blends well with almost all late summer flowers.

Our surveys have not shown to us that there is any significant flopover, maybe 5 to 7 percent. The highest I have ever seen is the 7 percent figure of Amtrak's passengers that would ride the bus if that was the only way.

Word Forms

• flopovers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flopping, flop, flip-flap, flip-flop, flip, fluctuation.

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