flop
/flɔp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.56 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
Informal; Intransitive verb
verb
To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work."
- "There was [in the clock in Lyons Cathedral] a centre puppet of the Virgin Mary; and close to her, a small pigeon-hole, out of which another and a very ill-looking puppet made one of the most sudden plunges I ever saw accomplished: instantly flopping back again at sight of her, and banging his little door violently, after him."
- "The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on."
- "The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract."
- "It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year."
- "While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /flɔp/
- British English: /flɒp/