flopover
/ˈflɑpoʊvəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A variation of this is the flopover title. In the latter case, the cards are hinged or supported on hooks so that one card can be dropped in front of the camera, and subsequent ones flop over like the leaves of a book held sideways."
- "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."
- "[W]hip the egg whites until they look "sudsy" […] Your goal is to incorporate and have dissolved all the sugar by the time the meringue holds a stiff peak—one that, except for a tiny "flopover" at the very top, stands firm and tall right where you lifted it."
- "His hairdo, a kind of careless flaxen flopover that should come with a letterman jacket, upon closer examination had a deliberate architecture to it: there was some definite concealing going on. […] Dude was thirty-seven if he was a day."
- "My always-nervous stomach performed a flopover."
- "As the program begins, an operator may stand by each of the film recorders[…]. He will make notes of any irregularities (flopovers, picture breakup, loss of picture or sound, or the like) that may occur."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflɑpoʊvəɹ/
- British English: /ˈflɒpəʊvə/