flop
(Informal)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- fall, collapse, dangle, droop, drop, sag, slump
- fail, come unstuck, fall flat, fold (informal), founder, go belly-up (slang), misfire
[noun]
Synonyms:
- failure, debacle, disaster, fiasco, nonstarter, washout (informal)

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Contrasted words: come off, go over, succeed

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English Thesaurus: failure, flop, disaster, fiasco, debacle, ...

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I. flop¹ /flɒp $ flɑːp/ verb (past tense and past participle flopped, present participle flopping) [intransitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: ⇒ flap²]

1. [always + adverb/preposition] to sit or lie down in a relaxed way, by letting all your weight fall heavily onto a chair etc:
He flopped down onto the bed.
I got home and flopped in front of the TV.

2. [always + adverb/preposition] to hang or fall loosely, in an uncontrolled way:
His head flopped back pathetically.

3. informal if something such as a product, play, or idea flops, it is not successful because people do not like it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. flop² noun

1. [countable] informal a film, play, product etc that is not successful Antonym : hit
disastrous/spectacular etc flop
The film was a complete flop.

2. [singular] the movement or noise that something makes when it falls heavily:
He fell with a flop into the water.
⇒ belly flop

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

flop
noun
ADJ. almighty, big, resounding, spectacular The show was the biggest flop in TV history.
complete | expensive The concert may prove an expensive flop unless more people decide to go.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

failure noun [countable] someone or something that is not successful:
The book was a complete failure.
I felt a complete failure.
flop noun [countable] informal something that is not successful because people do not like it – used especially about a film, play, product, or performance:
Despite the hype, the movie was a flop at the box office.
Their next computer was a flop.
disaster noun [countable] used when saying that something is extremely unsuccessful:
Our first date was a disaster.
Their marriage was a total disaster.
fiasco noun [countable usually singular] something that is completely unsuccessful and goes very badly wrong – used especially about things that have been officially planned, which go very wrong:
The baggage system broke down on the first day the airport was open. It was a complete fiasco.
The fiasco came close to ending de Gaulle's political career.
debacle noun [countable usually singular] formal an event or situation that is a complete failure, because it does not happen in the way that it was officially planned:
the banking debacle that has put our economy at risk
shambles noun [singular] especially British English if a situation or event is a shambles, it is completely unsuccessful because it has been very badly planned or organized, and no one seems to know what to do:
The first few shows were a shambles, but things soon got better.
washout noun [singular] informal a failure – used when something is so bad that it would be better if it had not happened:
The play wasn’t a complete washout; the acting was okay.
His most recent and ambitious project, a big-budget Hollywood film, was a washout with both critics and audiences alike.
turkey noun [countable] informal something that is so bad and unsuccessful that you think the people involved should be embarrassed about it – a very informal use:
At the time most people thought the car was a complete turkey.
Since then he has appeared in a string of turkeys.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

flop
flɔp
See: flip-flop

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