Flop definition

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(informal) To fail utterly.

The play flopped.

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To rest idly; lounge.
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(informal) A failure.
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To fall or lie down heavily and noisily.

Flop onto the sofa.

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To move about loosely or limply.

The dog's ears flopped when it ran.

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To go to bed.
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To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily.

Flopped the steak onto a platter.

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In certain poker games, to have attained (a hand) as a result of the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.

Flopped a flush.

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To move or flap around loosely or clumsily, usually with a thud or thuds.
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To fall or drop in this way.

To flop into a chair.

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To make a sudden change.
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(informal) To be a failure.
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(slang) To sleep.

The guest flopped on the sofa all night.

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The act or sound of flopping.
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(slang) A place to sleep.
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(slang) Dung or a piece of dung.

Cow flop.

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With a flop.
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See FLOPS.
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(computing) Floating point operation.
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The act of flopping.
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The sound made when flopping.
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(informal) An utter failure.
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In certain poker games, the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.
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To flap, strike, throw, or cause to drop noisily and clumsily.
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(photoengraving) To turn (a film negative) face down before exposure to a metal plate, in order to create a desired mirror image.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
flop
Plural:
flops

Origin of flop

  • Alteration of flap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Flop Sentence Examples

  • Apart from these the Afghan campaign has been a complete flop.

  • Chanel makes a beautiful sandal; although it's described as a flip flop, it is in fact a dressy shoe.

  • Still the cannon balls continued regularly to whistle and flop onto the ice and into the water and oftenest of all among the crowd that covered the dam, the pond, and the bank.

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  • An attempt by General Kornilov to establish a right wing dictatorship is a disastrous flop.

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