flopover

noun

1. (uncountable)The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.

   “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.”

2. (uncountable)The action of flopping over; (countable) an instance of this; also, a thing which flops over.

   “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.”

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

   “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.”

3. (countable, figuratively)A change from one position to another.

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

   “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.”