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verb

1. To drop or sink heavily and noisily: plop, plump², plunk. See rise/fall.
2. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly: droop, loll, lop², sag, slouch, wilt. See hang.
3. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: beat, flap, flitter, flutter, waggle, wave. See repetition.
4. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal fall down. Slang bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive/fail/exist.
5. To go to bed: bed (down), retire. Informal turn in. Slang crash. Idioms: call it a night, hit thehaysack. See awareness/unawareness.

noun

One that fails completely: bust, failure, fiasco, loser, washout. Informal dud, lemon. Slang bomb. See thrive/fail/exist.

n

Definition: miserable failure
Antonyms: accomplishment, achievement, success

v

Definition: collapse
Antonyms: rise, succeed

v

Definition: fail miserably
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve, succeed

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

v.

Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.

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IN BRIEF: To fall or lie down heavily and noisily.

The dog flopped down on its pillow after playing outside.

Tutor's tip: The "flop" (a failure) of the Broadway play caused a "flap" (a scandal) among local critics.

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verb intr
verb intr, orig US

1: To sleep. (1907 —) .
W. A. Gape Where the hell are you going to 'flop' tonight? (1936). noun

2: A soft or flabby person. (1909 —) .
F. O'Connor She was a great flop of a woman (1936).

3: US A bed; a place to rest or sleep; also, a flop-house. (1910 —) .
J. Dos Passos They couldn't find any-place that looked as if it would give them a flop for thirty-five cents (1930).

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For a list of words related to flop, see:

• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - flop: unsuccessful play or performance
• Graphic Design - flop: (vb) reverse an image by turning original back to front
• Card Terms
• Behavior or Personality

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sprælle, lade sig falde, dumpe, gå i seng
v. tr. - lade dumpe ned
n. - klask, fiasko, logi, fidus

Nederlands (Dutch)
flop, afgang, sof, (goedkope) slaapplaats, recht (in het gezicht), poep, afgaan, (het) flapperen, plots veranderen, naar bed gaan, zwaaien, (laten) plonzen

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'effondrer, s'affaler, retomber (des cheveux), faire un four, faire un fiasco, faire un plat (sur l'eau), (US) crécher, dormir
v. tr. - faire tomber lourdement et bruyamment
n. - plouf, fiasco, bide, (US) refuge de nuit

Deutsch (German)
v. - durchfallen, plumpsen
n. - Reinfall, Plumps

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σωριάζομαι, πέφτω με γδούπο, πέφτω βαριά, καταρρέω, αποτυγχάνω
n. - γδούπος ή πνιχτός ήχος, παφλασμός, βαρύ πέσιμο, (παταγώδης) αποτυχία, φιάσκο

Italiano (Italian)
far fiasco, dare un tonfo, fiasco

Português (Portuguese)
v. - soltar-se de forma pesada, fracassar por completo (gír.)
n. - baque (m), fracasso (m) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
провал, плюхаться, неудачник

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - meter la pata, chapuzarse, dar un chapuzón, zambullirse, pasarse de un partido a otro, aletear
v. tr. - sacudir, caer, invertir negativo de fotografía
n. - fracaso, desastre

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hänga och slänga, sprattla, röra sig ovigt, göra fiasko (vard.), lägga sig (sl.), kasta flaxa med vingarna
n. - flaxande, misslyckande, slaf (sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
笨重的摔, 猛落, 笨拙地抛下, 砰然落下, 失败, 拍击声

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 笨重的摔, 猛落
v. tr. - 笨拙地拋下
n. - 砰然落下, 失敗, 拍擊聲

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 털썩 넘어지다, 펄럭이다, 갑자기 바뀌다
v. tr. - ~을 던지다, 떨어뜨리다
n. - 털썩 넘어지기, 실패

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ばたばた動く, ドスンと落ちる, 失敗する
n. - ばたばた動くこと, 大失敗, ばたばたする音, 失敗
adv. - バタリと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخفق , يتخبط (الاسم) تخبط , هبوط مفاجىء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נע כגולם, נכשל, ישן (עגה), נפל, השמיע קול טפיחה קלה‬
v. tr. - ‮נפל‬
n. - ‮כישלון חרוץ, חבטה, מקום זול לשינה (עגה)‬