flop
扑倒,扑向
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Definitions
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flopped, flop·ping.
- : to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud: The puppy flopped down on the couch.
- : to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another.
- : to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.
- : Informal. to sleep or be lodged: to flop at a friend's house.
- : to swing loosely; bounce; flap: His long hair flops in his eyes when he runs.
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flopped, flop·ping.
- : to drop with a sudden bump or thud: He flopped his books on a chair.
- : to dispose in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a chair.
- : to invert so that the right and left sides are transposed.
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- : an act of flopping.
- : the sound of flopping; a thud.
- : a failure: The new comedy was a flop.
- : Informal. a place to sleep; temporary lodging: The mission offered a flop and a free breakfast.
- : Basketball. an exaggerated or dramatic fall intended to persuade officials to penalize the opposing team for a foul: His comically oversold flop didn’t fool the referees at all.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
That doesn’t mean the new platforms are a flop — or even that they aren’t great.
It was an expensive flop, plagued by delays and quality issues, and the company ended up in bankruptcy.
Whether ill-judged or simply ahead of its time, the transition was a resounding flop.
The company has been rumored for sometime to be working on a less expensive follow-up to its flop smart speaker, the HomePod.
If it’s a flop, we probably will never learn how many people took advantage.
When Fernandez got control of AirAsia it had been a limping, government-subsidized flop.
Earlier, a two-headed dragon in the Ron Howard flop Willow was known, at least around the set, as the “Ebersisk.”
Everyone dressed appropriately and even impeccably—not a flip-flop in sight.
In case the film was transposed to 2014, the director believes it would be a guaranteed flop.
Not surprisingly, the per diem proposal has been a flop since Moran floated it a few weeks ago.
Bud turned his hotcakes with a vicious flop that spattered more batter on the stove.
Never a flop of tail to indicate gratitude for blandishments, never the faintest symptom of canine appreciation.
One of these days Dan will take a flop and land clean over in the Thatcher camp.
She says to tell you it looks at last like our old eagle bird will have a chance to flop its wings in France.
Margaret knelt in a soft flop of scented lingerie beside the indignant young thing.