flop
verb (used without object)
to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed bydown ).
had flopped
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past perfectof flop.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Offerings like last year’s McCrispy chicken strips had flopped, Saleh added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
And while their own startup had flopped, the entrepreneurs were more confident than ever in their operational skills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
High-energy soul songs - most of which were recorded by black American artists but had flopped on their original release in the 60s - were rediscovered by DJs in places like Wigan, Stoke and Blackpool.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
Spotify, whose stock spiked in 2020 on news that it had signed the semi-royals, dropped them three years later, leading to speculation that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had flopped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
His memoir had flopped, about five hundred copies sold from a printing of three thousand.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
