flopping
Dropping down limply
Flopping is falling or dropping heavily and loosely: He came home and flopped on the couch.
A fish flops when pulled from water.
Something that flops fails badly: The movie flopped at the box office.
In basketball and soccer, flopping is exaggerating contact to draw a foul—falling dramatically when barely touched.
Falling with soft thud
- crashingColliding with force
- sprawlingSpread irregularly outward
- loungingReclining in idleness
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
sinking · slumping · bed · couch · sofa · exhausted · tired · unwinding
Moving downward freely
- droppingLetting something fall
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- slumpingDeclining sharply, drooping
- crumplingCrushing into folds
sagging · collapsing · sinking · plummeting · deflating · wilting · buckling · sprawling
Attack with explosives
- tankingDeclining rapidly, collapsing
- bustingForcibly breaking or catching
- fizzlingWeakly sputtering to nothing
- crateringForming impact hollows
underperforming · disappointing · box-office · dud · turkey · clunker · washout · disaster
Uncontrolled limb movement
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
- squirmingTwisting restlessly from discomfort
- writhingTwisting the body convulsively
flapping · slapping · splashing · struggling · twitching · jerking · spasming · convulsing
Entering water deliberately
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- simulationImitation of real processes
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- soccerField sport with goals
penalty · foul · referee · acting · selling · contact · fall · dramatic
plopping
Falling with soft thud
collapsing · sinking · slumping · bed · couch · sofa · exhausted · tired · unwinding · relaxing
falling
Moving downward freely
- droppingLetting something fall
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- slumpingDeclining sharply, drooping
crumpling · sagging · collapsing · sinking · plummeting · deflating · wilting · buckling · sprawling · toppling
bombing
Attack with explosives
- tankingDeclining rapidly, collapsing
- bustingForcibly breaking or catching
- fizzlingWeakly sputtering to nothing
cratering · underperforming · disappointing · box-office · dud · turkey · clunker · washout · disaster · letdown
flailing
Uncontrolled limb movement
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
- squirmingTwisting restlessly from discomfort
writhing · flapping · slapping · splashing · struggling · twitching · jerking · spasming · convulsing · wiggling
diving
Entering water deliberately
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- simulationImitation of real processes
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
soccer · penalty · foul · referee · acting · selling · contact · fall · dramatic · exaggeration
flounder
Struggle awkwardly, or seafood
turbot · plaice · fluke · bottom-dweller · seafloor · filleting · whitefish · catch · fishing · net
- basketballbasketball, rebound, dunk, basketball camps, dribble
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, falling down, custard pie
- sports ethicsfair play, sportsmanship, integrity, doping, honesty
- property fraudmortgage fraud, deed fraud, foreclosure fraud, real estate scam, title theft
- sports cheatingmatch fixing, doping, point shaving, steroids, cheating
floppingsucceeding
Attaining aims or following
thriving · flourishing · triumphing · soaring · hitting
floppingalighting
Stepping down from transport
springing · leaping · vaulting · bounding · pirouetting
- belly floppingDiving stomach-first into water