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flop

/flɑp/ verb C1
  1. To fall heavily due to lack of energy. (intransitive) · He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
  2. To cause to drop heavily. (transitive) · The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
  3. To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.). (informal, intransitive) · The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
  4. To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer) (intransitive) · It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
  5. 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. (intransitive) · The brim of a hat flops.
  6. To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop. (transitive)
  7. To stay, sleep or live in a place. (intransitive, slang)
  8. To flip; to reverse (an image). (transitive)

He/she/it flops · Past flopped · Past participle flopped · -ing form flopping

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Verb forms

Base form
flop
He/she/it
flops
Past
flopped
Past participle
flopped
-ing form
flopping

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But he is flopping about in my net all the same."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 33 · B2

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