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flop

  [flop] verb, flopped, flop⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to fall or plump down suddenly, esp. with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes fol. by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
2. to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another (often fol. by over).
3. to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.
4. Informal. to sleep or be lodged: to flop at a friend's house.
5. to swing loosely; bounce; flap: His long hair flops in his eyes when he runs.
–verb (used with object)
6. to drop with a sudden bump or thud: He flopped his books on a chair.
7. to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a chair.
8. to invert (the negative of a photograph) so that the right and left sides are transposed.
–noun
9. an act of flopping.
10. the sound of flopping; a thud.
11. a failure: The new comedy was a flop.
12. Informal. a place to sleep; temporary lodging: The mission offered a flop and a free breakfast.
Origin:
1595–1605; 1890–95 for def. 11; var. of flap

Related forms:
flopper, noun

Synonyms:
11. fiasco, disaster, debacle; bomb, dog.
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Slang Dictionary
flop

  1. n.
    a failure. : The play was a flop. The entire audience left during the second act.
  2. n.
    a place to sleep for the night; a bed in a flophouse. : The old man was looking for a flop for the night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

flop 
1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836, that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893. Flophouse "cheap hotel" is hobo slang first recorded 1923, from earlier slang flop (v.) "lie down for sleep" (1907). Floppy disc first attested 1972.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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