flop
flop /fl'ɒp/ (flops flopping flopped)
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If you flop into a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet...
She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.
= collapse
2 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If something flops onto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
The briefcase flopped onto the desk...
His hair flopped over his left eye.
3 [N-COUNT] oft adj N
If something is a flop, it is completely unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
= failure
4 [VERB] V
If something flops, it is completely unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
The film flopped badly at the box office.
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If you flop into a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
Bunbury flopped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet...
She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.
= collapse
2 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If something flops onto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
The briefcase flopped onto the desk...
His hair flopped over his left eye.
3 [N-COUNT] oft adj N
If something is a flop, it is completely unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
= failure
4 [VERB] V
If something flops, it is completely unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
The film flopped badly at the box office.