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flop
- 1) verb, to bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelessly
- 2) verb, to fall, cause to fall, or move with a sudden noise
- 3) verb, to fail; be unsuccessful
- 4) verb, to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body
- 5) verb, slang to go to sleep
- 6) noun, the act of flopping
- 7) noun, a complete failure
- 8) noun, slang a place to sleep
Etymology
C17: variant of flap
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Informal failure, fall, slump, drop, collapse, sink, tumble, topple, hang, dangle, sag, droop, Informal fail, close, bomb (U.S. Canad. slang), fold (informal), founder, misfire, Informal disaster, loser, fiasco, debacle, cockup (Brit. slang), nonstarter