Flop

Quick meaning: Flop is a verb meaning (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

Meaning

(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
2. (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
3. (sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
4. (intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
5. (poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
6. (intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
7. (transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).

Example Sentences

The brim of a hat flops.

The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.

He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.

The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.

Word Forms

• flops
• flopping
• flopped

Synonyms for flop

Depending on context, synonyms include dud, fiasco, turkey, right, collapse, founder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include collapse, fall through, dud, right, washout, founder.

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