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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs