flop

[ flop ]

/ flɒp /

verb (used without object), flopped, flop·ping.

to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.

to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another (often followed by over).

to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.

Informal. to sleep or be lodged: to flop at a friend's house.

to swing loosely; bounce; flap: His long hair flops in his eyes when he runs.

verb (used with object), flopped, flop·ping.

to drop with a sudden bump or thud: He flopped his books on a chair.

to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a chair.

to invert (the negative of a photograph) so that the right and left sides are transposed.

noun

an act of flopping.

the sound of flopping; a thud.

a failure: The new comedy was a flop.

Informal. a place to sleep; temporary lodging: The mission offered a flop and a free breakfast.

Words nearby flop

flooring saw, floorman, floorshift, floorwalker, floozy, flop, flop forging, flop sweat, flop-eared, flophouse, flopover

Origin of flop

1595–1605; 1890–95 for def 11; variant of flap

SYNONYMS FOR flop

11 fiasco, disaster, debacle; bomb, dog.

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OTHER WORDS FROM flop

flop·per, noun

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Examples from the Web for flop

Earlier, a two-headed dragon in the Ron Howard flop Willow was known, at least around the set, as the “Ebersisk.”
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Not surprisingly, the per diem proposal has been a flop since Moran floated it a few weeks ago.
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Smith is pale and gangly, sporting a flop of dirty blond hair and a strikingly deep voice.
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“To call that a flip or a flop would be charitable,” Verma said.
Fecklessness Vs. Flip-Flop|Allison Good|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The superstar comedian’s latest, ‘A Thousand Words,' is set to flop, and his career has gone ice cold.
Eddie Murphy’s Career-Killing New Movie|Chris Lee|March 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Oh, it is fun to make a boat that will flop sideways through the waves.
The Sick-a-Bed Lady|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Harry was the victor, and his opponent came to bank with a bound and flop.
For Fortune and Glory|Lewis Hough
Hadn't gone very far, and was getting through a hedge, and dalled if he didn't fall into the pond, flop!
Field and Hedgerow|Richard Jefferies
Missed ye when ye took that flop, and stuck in the tree over yonder.
The Pathless Trail|Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
It was hard over to starboard at that, so that the Flop simply began turning round and round like a kitten chasing its tail.
Sea-Hounds|Lewis R. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for flop

flop

/ (flɒp) /

verb flops, flopping or flopped

(intr) to bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelesslyhis head flopped backwards

(when intr, often foll by into, onto, etc) to fall, cause to fall, or move with a sudden noisethe books flopped onto the floor

(intr) informal to fail; be unsuccessfulthe scheme flopped

(intr) to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body

(intr often foll by out) slang to go to sleep

noun

the act of flopping

informal a complete failure

US and Canadian slang a place to sleep

athletics See Fosbury flop

the flop poker the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em

Word Origin for flop

C17: variant of flap

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flop

verb (used without object), flopped, flop·ping.

verb (used with object), flopped, flop·ping.

noun

Words related to flop

Words nearby flop

Origin of flop

SYNONYMS FOR flop

OTHER WORDS FROM flop

Examples from the Web for flop

British Dictionary definitions for flop

verb flops, flopping or flopped

noun

Word Origin for flop