flopover

Deverbal from flop over.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈflɒpəʊvə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈflɑpoʊvəɹ/

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• Hyphenation: flop‧o‧ver

flopover (countable and uncountable, plural flopovers)

1. (uncountable) The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.
   • 1950, John H. Battison, “Titles and Special Effects”, in Movies for TV, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published 1958, →OCLC, page 203:

     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.

   • 1994, Diane Heilenman, “Plants as Partners”, in Gardening in the Lower Midwest: A Practical Guide for the New Zones 5 and 6, Bloomington; Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 73:

     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.

   • 2003, Vicky J. Caparulo, “The Grand Café: Baked Alaska”, in Great Dishes from New Jersey’s Favorite Restaurants, →ISBN, page 55:

     [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.

   • 2009, Michael Idov, Ground Up, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 273:

     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.

   • 2009, Patricia Wilson, “Scene II: December 1932, a Small Farm outside of Columbus, Ohio”, in Yesterday’s Mashed Potatoes: The Fabulous Life of a Happy Has-been, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 17:

     My always-nervous stomach performed a flopover.

   1. (television, uncountable) A form of television signal distortion where the displayed image appears to scroll vertically rather than remain still; (countable) an instance of this.
      • 1955, Albert Abramson, “Television Film Recording Today”, in Electronic Motion Pictures: A History of the Television Camera, Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.; London: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 139:

        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.

      • 1956 September 10, “New 1957 Crosley: World’s First Fully Automatic TV [advertisement]”, in Henry R[obinson] Luce, editor, Life, volume 41, number 11, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 41:

        Automatic Interference Guard gives protection against picture distortion. Now you have mirror-clear TV without picture flopover, jitter, tear!

      • 1972 June, Ernest Zadig, “Where are You? Navigating by the Numbers”, in Peter R. Smyth, editor, Motor Boating & Sailing, New York, N.Y.: The Hearst Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 106, column 2:

        In fact, the PRR and SRR controls on Loran [a long range navigation system] perform very much the same job as the flopover control on your home TV except that the former exert a horizontal effect while the latter does its bit vertically.

2. (countable, figurative) A change from one position to another.
   • 1963 May 22 (date delivered), Abraham E. Freedman, witness, “Statement of Abraham E. Freedman, Attorney, Representing AFL-CIO Maritime Committee and Various Other Unions”, in Vessel and Shipowner Liability in Collisions or Other Maritime Casualties: Hearings before the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session on S. 555, a Bill to Unify Apportionment of Liability in Cases of Collision between Vessels, and in Other Maritime Casualties; S. 556, a Bill to Limit the Liability of Shipowners, and for Other Purposes […] Serial 22 […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1963, →OCLC, page 145:

     Now in the light of this history we see this sudden flopover in the Maritime Law Association dominated by the shipowners and their lawyers.

   • 1977 March 7 (date delivered), Paul H. Reistrup, witness, “Federal Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak): Witnesses […] Paul H. Reistrup, President”, in Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session […] Part 3 […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1977, →OCLC, page 597:

     Our surveys have not shown to us that there is any significant flopover, maybe 5 to 7 percent. The highest I have ever seen is the 7 percent figure of Amtrak's passengers that would ride the bus if that was the only way.