flop
/flɑp/ verb C1- To fall heavily due to lack of energy. · He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
- To cause to drop heavily. · The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
- To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.). · The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
- To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer) · It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
- To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap. · The brim of a hat flops.
- To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- To stay, sleep or live in a place.
- To flip; to reverse (an image).
He/she/it flops · Past flopped · Past participle flopped · -ing form flopping
Verb forms
- Base form
- flop
- He/she/it
- flops
- Past
- flopped
- Past participle
- flopped
- -ing form
- flopping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But he is flopping about in my net all the same."
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