transitive verb
flopped, flop′ping- to flap, strike, throw, or cause to drop noisily and clumsily
- Photoengraving to turn (a film negative) face down before exposure to a metal plate, in order to create a desired mirror image
Origin of flop
echoic variant, variety of flap- to move or flap around loosely or clumsily, usually with a thud or thuds
- to fall or drop in this way: to flop into a chair
- to make a sudden change
- Informal to be a failure
- Slang to sleep: the guest flopped on the sofa all night
- the act or sound of flopping
- Informal a failure
- Slang a place to sleep
- Slang dung or a piece of dung: cow flop
with a flop
