flop
verb /flɒp/
/flɑːp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flop | /flɒp/ /flɑːp/ |
| he / she / it flops | /flɒps/ /flɑːps/ |
| past simple flopped | /flɒpt/ /flɑːpt/ |
| past participle flopped | /flɒpt/ /flɑːpt/ |
| -ing form flopping | /ˈflɒpɪŋ/ /ˈflɑːpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to sit or lie down in a heavy and sudden way because you are very tired
- flop (down/back) into/on something Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair.
- flop down/back The young man flopped back, unconscious.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to fall, move or hang in a heavy way, without control
- Her hair flopped over her eyes.
- The fish were flopping around in the bottom of the boat.
- [intransitive] (informal) to be a complete failure
- The play flopped on Broadway.
- England flopped in the European Championship.
- Many of his ambitious schemes have flopped in the past.
see also flip-flop
Word Originearly 17th cent.: variant of flap.