flop (flɒp
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: flops, flopping, flopped
- (intr) to bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelessly ⇒
his head flopped backwards
- intr, often foll by into, onto, etc to fall, cause to fall, or move with a sudden noise ⇒
the books flopped onto the floor
- (intr) informal to fail; be unsuccessful ⇒
the scheme flopped
- (intr) to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body
- (intr) out slang to go to sleep
noun
- the act of flopping
- informal a complete failure
- US Canadian slang a place to sleep
- athletics See Fosbury flop
- See the flop
Word Origin
C17: variant of flapSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
fail,
close,
bomb,
fold,
founder,
fall short,
fall flat,
come to nothing
come unstuck,
misfire,
go belly-up
go down like a lead balloon,
Translations
- British English:
flop
If something is a flop, it is completely unsuccessful.It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.flɒp NOUN It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
- Spanish:
fracaso
nm
- French:
fiasco
nm
- German:
Reinfall
nm
- Chinese: 失败 n
- Arabic: فَشَل n
- Portuguese: fracasso nm
- Russian: провал nm
- Croatian: fijasko nm
- Czech: propadák nm
- Danish: flop nnt
- Dutch: smak nm
- Finnish: epäonnistuminen n
- Greek: φιάσκο nnt
- Italian: fiasco nm
- Japanese: 失敗 n
- Korean: 완전 실패 n
- Norwegian: fiasko nm
- Polish: klapa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: fracasso nm
- European Spanish:
fracaso
nm
- Swedish: misslyckande nnt
- Thai: ความล้มเหลว n
- Turkish: fiyasko n
- Vietnamese: hỏng bét n
Usage examples
If he was right, tomorrow would see the success or complete flop of his difficult mission.
, Cover Story (1986)Eagles turn to Zamora Iain Dowie believes that West Ham flop Bobby Zamora is the man to keep Crystal Palace in the Premiership.
Megastar (2005)On the other end of the box office spectrum, she played opposite Eddie Murphy in the flop The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
Edmonton Sun (2003)But the £5.75m buy from West Ham has been a huge flop showing only glimpses of his undoubted talent.
Sun, News of the World (2000)Doing the book promotion is like appearing in a provincial tour that's a flop in every town.
, The Kenneth Williams Diaries (1994)