flop around



flop around

[for something] to turn around awkwardly; [for a fish out of water] to squirm and flap. The hose flopped around, throwing water first this way and then that, knocking down plants as it flopped. A number of fish flopped around in the bottom of the boat.
See also: around, flop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bara-Croatian
IsidorEE-see-dawr (German)German, Russian, Macedonian
Nigellus-English (Archaic)
Nokomis-New World Mythology
Mordechai-Hebrew
Neptunus-Roman Mythology