flop

🇺🇸 /flɑːp/ 🇬🇧 /flɒp/
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intransitive verb
R

to fall heavily because you're tired or weak

After running all day, he flops onto the couch.

R

to hang down loosely

Her hat flopped to one side.

R

to completely fail

The new product flopped in the market.

noun
R

something that is a complete failure, like a movie or party

The movie was a flop, and very few people watched it.

translation

vi. to fall heavily because you're tired or weak; to hang down loosely; to completely fail
n. something that is a complete failure, like a movie or party

Word Forms

Past flopped
Progressive flopping
Plural flops
Perfect flopped
3rd Present flops

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