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flop

/flɑp/noun, verb, adverb1 syllable

Flop means: fail utterly; collapse.

Synonyms for flop10

noun, as in someone who is unsuccessful

dud, washout

noun, as in a complete failure

bust, fizzle

noun, as in an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

floating-point operation

noun, as in the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

verb, as in fail utterly; collapse

fall through, fall flat, founder

adverb, as in completely

What does flop mean?9

verb

1

fail utterly; collapse“The project foundered”

2

fall loosely“He flopped into a chair”

3

fall suddenly and abruptly

noun

1

someone who is unsuccessful

2

a complete failure“the play was a dismal flop”

3

an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers“this computer can perform a million flops per second”

4

the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink“he landed on the bed with a great flop”

adverb

1

completely“he fell flop on his face”

2

with a flopping sound“he tumbled flop into the mud”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flop?16

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Flop in a sentence

  • If you don't do anything about it, the party will be a flop.Luciosp
  • The book ought to have been a bestseller, but it was a flop.sundown
  • Italians don't wear flip-flops, unless they're at the pool or beach.Hybrid
  • Such a policy flip-flop was heavily criticized by his enemies.rafaeld4
  • That movie was a big hit overseas but was a flop here.CK
  • Our marriage turned out to be a colossal flop.Nuel
  • Don't flip-flop the addresses of the sender and recipient!haohao
  • Sami wasn't let into the club because he was wearing flip-flops.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of flop

as a noun

plural
flops

as a verb

past tense
flopped
present participle
flopping
third-person singular
flops
past participle
flopped