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Meaning of "flopper" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOPPER

flopper  [ˈflɒpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOPPER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flopper is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOPPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flop (basketball)

In basketball, a flop is an intentional fall by a player after little or no physical contact by an opposing player in order to draw a personal foul call by an official against the opponent. The move is sometimes called acting, as in "acting as if he was fouled". Because it is inherently designed to deceive the official, flopping is generally considered to be unsportsmanlike. Nonetheless, it is widely practiced and even perfected by many professional players. Flopping effectively is not easy to do, primarily because drawing contact can sometimes result in the opposite effect—a foul called on the defensive player—when too much contact is drawn or if the player has not positioned himself perfectly. Additionally, even if no foul is called on either player, by falling to the floor, the flopping defensive player will have taken himself out of position to provide any further defensive opposition on the play, thus potentially allowing the offense to score easily. To consistently draw offensive fouls on opponents takes good body control and a great deal of practice. Players generally become better at flopping as their careers progress.

Definition of flopper in the English dictionary

The first definition of flopper in the dictionary is in politics, a person who deserts his own side in favour of another. Other definition of flopper is in basketball, a player who deliberately allows himself to fall when pushed by another player in order to make the opposing team take a penalty for a foul. Flopper is also a fraudster of various kinds, a flimflammer; especially, someone who deliberately falls in order to claim damages for injuries sustained.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOPPER


chopper
ˈtʃɒpə
copper
ˈkɒpə
cropper
ˈkrɒpə
dropper
ˈdrɒpə
eyedropper
ˈaɪˌdrɒpə
grasshopper
ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒpə
hopper
ˈhɒpə
improper
ɪmˈprɒpə
lopper
ˈlɒpə
name-dropper
ˈneɪmdrɒpə
poppa
ˈpɒpə
popper
ˈpɒpə
proper
ˈprɒpə
shopper
ˈʃɒpə
showstopper
ˈʃəʊstɒpə
stopper
ˈstɒpə
stropper
ˈstrɒpə
teenybopper
ˈtiːnɪˌbɒpə
topper
ˈtɒpə
whopper
ˈwɒpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOPPER

floosie
floozie
floozies
floozy
flop
flop sweat
flophouse
flopover
flopped
floppier
floppies
floppiest
floppily
floppiness
flopping
floppy
floppy (disk) drive
floppy disk
flops
floptical

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOPPER

bopper
chart topper
clodhopper
come a cropper
Dopper
eavesdropper
flip-flopper
gobstopper
knee-high to a grasshopper
mopper
mystery shopper
party popper
pepper
personal shopper
pill popper
rockhopper
sharecropper
show stopper
swopper
window-shopper
woodchopper

Synonyms and antonyms of flopper in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flopper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOPPER

Find out the translation of flopper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flopper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flopper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flopper
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flopper
570 millions of speakers

English

flopper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flopper
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

flopper
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неудачник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flopper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flopper
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flopper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flopper
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flopper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flopper
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flopper
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flopper
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flopper
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flopper
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॉपर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flopper
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Flopper
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flopper
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невдаха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Flopper
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flopper
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flopper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flopper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flopper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flopper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOPPER»

The term «flopper» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.161 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOPPER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flopper

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOPPER»

Discover the use of flopper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flopper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Munsey's Magazine
at the Flopper, and a tinge of red dyed his cheek. He coughed before he spoke. " Y' ain't going to stall on me, Flopper, are you?" he demanded in an ominous monotone. " Stall I " The word came away in a roar too genuine to leave any doubt of ...
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Epoch
at the Flopper, and a tinge of red dyed his cheek. He coughed before he spoke. “ Y' ain't going to stall on me, F lopper, are you?” he demanded in an ominous monotone. “ Stall!” The word came away in a roar too genuine to leave any doubt of ...
3
Charging Ahead: An Introduction to Electromagnetism
Tape a 17-cm section of plastic drinking straw (flopper straw) to an 18 cm x 2.5- cm piece of corrugated cardboard as shown in Figure 3.14. Start the straw 3 cm from one end of the cardboard.
Larry E. Schafer, 2001
4
Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification
Jason Eckert. the device is unmounted. Suppose, for example, that you create a directory called /flopper for mounting floppy disks and a file inside called samplefile, as shown in the following output: ...
Jason Eckert, 2011
5
Outing
But I know that he counted on riding Flopper again in the last chukker, and I'm afraid poor old Flopper's finished for to-day." But Flopper wasn't finished by a long ways. Even as she spoke his rolling eye caught the familiar streak of the flying ...
6
Prediction of the Effectiveness of Flopper-Stopper Roll ...
The ship was modeled as a one-degree-of-freedom system, and the flopper-stopper was modeled as an equivalent linear damping element based upon a detailed analysis of the forces on the device.
W. R. McCreight, H. D. Jones, DAVID W TAYLOR NAVAL SHIP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER BETHESDA MD SHIP PERFORMANCE Dept, 1978
7
The Miracle Man
I shook the rubber-neck bunch at Ike's, Flopper. That was a peach of a haul, eh, old pal — the boobs came to it as though they couldn't get enough." A sudden and reminiscent scowl clouded the Flopper's face. He stepped to the table, reached ...
Frank Lucius Packard, 1914
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Ainslee's
But the coulée was wide and the nearer rim but a gentle slope, down which the horses thundered like a whirlwind-and Flopper was holding his own and, having found his second wind, was holding it without visible effort. The maid could ...
9
Play Scratch Golf: An Amateur's Guide to Playing Perfect Golf
Ttif SHORT AND LONG OF IT The flopper is a short shot that requires a long, aggressive swing. On the backswing pick the club up in a "V" shape by cupping the left wrist. This motion will open the clubface farther than the set up starts you,  ...
Dave Rineberg, Chris Holtrop, 2008
10
Law is Justice: Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo
She says that on other occasions she had attended patrons of the park who had been injured at the Flopper, how many she could not say. None, however, had been badly injured or had suffered broken bones. Such testimony is not enough to ...
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, Abraham Lawrence Sainer, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOPPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flopper is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Five biggest winners and losers among NBA teams in the off-season
Jordan may win the flip-flopper of the year award, but when he re-signed with the Clippers for $88 million, he immediately revived his team's ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
The Best Way to Vilify Hillary Clinton? GOP Spends Heavily to Test It
... George W. Bush's re-election campaign tried to convince voters that Senator John Kerry was an opportunistic flip-flopper. The critique did not ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
KD changes his tune | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner
... elections for up to 18 months despite being labelled a 'flip-flopper' by Tom Tavares-Finson, the leader of opposition business in the Senate. «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
4
Donald Trump Stands by Statements, Says He's Still Uncertain …
He dismissed the accusation from some Republicans that his past financial support for those across the aisle makes him a flip-flopper. «KTLA, Jul 15»
5
Politico: Walker to Win in Iowa, Bush Takes New Hampshire
Forty percent of Republicans overall said Walker's biggest weakness is that he may be viewed as a flip-flopper on key social issues and ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
6
Ear to the Ground: It's complicated
One of the most damaging claims against a politician is that he/she is a flip-flopper. I personally revere the politician who, in the face of ... «Petoskey News-Review, Jul 15»
7
Pigs on the wing
Let's not get ridiculous. As far as Jeb Bush being a flip-flopper, tell me a politician that wasn't a flip-flopper. Maybe George Washington wasn't. «News Item, Jul 15»
8
Once an Ex-Im foe, tea party congressman Fincher leads fight to …
"He is probably weighing all that together and has had a change of heart," Lyle-Gonga said. "And yeah, he may be called a flip-flopper but that ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
9
TV Guide - Donald Trump's CNN Interview: The 7 Craziest Quotes …
No one can accuse Donald Trump of being a flip-flopper - at least as far as his stance on Mexican immigrants is concerned.The ... email · print. «Wicked Local Harwich, Jul 15»
10
Walker would be a failure as president
He is a flip-flopper on national issues and is unable to tell the truth. Since being reelected he has done nothing but travel the country running for ... «Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Jul 15»

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