flopped Definition

flop
verb flopped, flopping

intr
1. To fall, drop, move or sit limply and heavily.

Thesaurus: wobble, teeter, stagger, flounder, wriggle, squirm, tumble, totter.
intr
2. Said of eg hair: to hang or sway about loosely.

Thesaurus: dangle, hang, sag, droop, flap.
intr
3. colloq
Said of a play, project, business, etc: to fail dismally.
Thesaurus: fail, misfire, miscarry, founder, fall short, fall flat, fold, bomb (slang).
intr
4. slang
To fall asleep, especially because of exhaustion.
Form: flop out (usually)

noun

1. A flopping movement or sound.
2. colloq
A complete failure.
Thesaurus: failure, disaster, fiasco, debacle, loser, washout.
(N Amer)
3. colloq
A place to sleep; temporary lodgings.

adverb

1. With a flop.

Example: Business went flop
Example: He fell flop into the swimming pool

Etymology: 17c: variant of flap.