flopped in English

verb

1

fall, move, or hang in a heavy, loose, and ungainly way.

black hair flopped across his forehead

synonyms: hang (down), dangle, droop, sag, loll

2

(of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally.

prime-time dramas that flopped in the US market

synonyms: be unsuccessful, fail, not work, fall flat, founder, misfire, backfire, be a disappointment, do badly, lose money, be a disaster, bomb, tank, flame out, come a cropper, bite the dust, blow up in someone's face

verb

collapse, slump, crumple, subside, sink, drop
hang (down), dangle, droop, sag, loll
be unsuccessful, fail, not work, fall flat, founder, misfire, backfire, be a disappointment, do badly, lose money, be a disaster, bomb, tank, flame out, come a cropper, bite the dust, blow up in someone's face
fall flat, founder, fall through

Use "flopped" in a sentence

1. We flip-flopped.

2. The play flopped dismally.

3. (The play flopped.)

4. Our plan flopped.

5. His head flopped back pathetically.

6. She flopped into an armchair.

7. 3 The young man flopped back, unconscious.

8. But in the end, Germany's vaunted offense flopped.

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10. The film flopped badly at the box office.

11. 11 The awning flip - flopped in the gusty wind.

12. He flopped down the shopping bag and ran to help us.

13. She sat down on the bed, or rather, she flopped down on it.

14. Rushing out, Ann saw three-year-old Neil’s head flopped helplessly to one side.

15. Synonyms for Backfired include boomeranged, failed, rebounded, rebound, miscarried, foundered, flopped, misfired, backlashed and bombed

16. Merrill said voters now perceive that Forbes has flip-flopped on issues such as the balanced budget amendment.

17. Synonyms for Cratered include failed, foundered, flopped, folded, bombed, tanked, flunked, collapsed, missed and flamed out

18. Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.

19. Melissa kicked off her shoes, dumped her handbag on the floor, flopped on her bed and closed her eyes.

20. The first is that you flip-flopped on Pakistan's policy and in a manner played with the country.

21. Though he has flipped and flopped on many issues, he has stuck to beliefs typical of farm-belt Republicanism.

22. Film director John Huston was once asked why Fat City , his acclaimed 1972 movie about a struggling boxer , had flopped .

23. 29 Her severed head flopped on a bin of guts, yellow beak in a grimace - take me with you?

24. The ship hit and twisted on the skids, rocked over toward the left, hesitated precariously, and flopped back level.

25. Flustered, she reversed, and the groceries she had bought enroute fell off the back seat and flopped to the floor.

26. Synonyms for Cartwheeled include flipped, flip-flopped, flipped over, went head over heels, gone head over heels, rolled, somersaulted, tumbled, turned and turned over

27. Ambergris Caye hovers in a vacation sweet spot: just enough amenities to make it exciting, but not so overdeveloped that you’re tripping over flip-flopped tourists

28. The colhe snuffled around Kincaid's boots, then went out on the back porch and flopped down while Francesca removed ice from metal trays and poured sun tea from a half-gallon glass jug.

29. There were goats tied up, chickens trussed up, large bowls of water containing live fish that writhed and flopped about, a couple of live crocodiles with mouths and tails tied, a water turtle, wild pigs and cages of parrots and other birds.

30. In my "Hillary Bivouacs In the end, I simply flopped onto the living room carpet and lay there, curled up, with a small chenille throw over my torso - I couldn't cover more of me because the throw was folded up, and now I'd found a position where I felt death wasn't imminent, I didn't dare move to unfold it.