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kerflop

kerflop interjection: the sound of something flopping heavily, or moving along in a flopping manner.

Interjection

  1. The sound of something flopping heavily, or moving along in a flopping manner.

Adverb

kerflop (not comparable)

  1. (informal) (As if) with a flop.
    • She sat down kerflop.

Origin of kerflop

From ker- + flop.

Questions about kerflop

What does kerflop mean?
Kerflop means the sound of something flopping heavily, or moving along in a flopping manner.
What part of speech is kerflop?
Kerflop can be an interjection or an adverb.

Words near kerflop in the dictionary

  1. kerfings
  2. kerflap
  3. kerflewie
  4. kerflewy
  5. kerflooey
  6. kerflop
  7. kerfluff
  8. kerfluffle
  9. kerfluffles
  10. kerflumixed
  11. kerflummox

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