flop
/flɑp/noun, verb, adverb1 syllable
Flop means: fail utterly; collapse.
Synonyms for flop10
noun, as in someone who is unsuccessful
noun, as in a complete failure
noun, as in an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
noun, as in the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
verb, as in fail utterly; collapse
adverb, as in completely
What does flop mean?9
verb
fail utterly; collapse“The project foundered”
fall loosely“He flopped into a chair”
fall suddenly and abruptly
noun
someone who is unsuccessful
a complete failure“the play was a dismal flop”
an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers“this computer can perform a million flops per second”
the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink“he landed on the bed with a great flop”
adverb
completely“he fell flop on his face”
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
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