Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flop
Participle: flopped
Gerund: flopping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flop |
| you | flop |
| he;she;it | flops |
| we | flop |
| you | flop |
| they | flop |
Perfect
| I | have flopped |
| you | have flopped |
| he;she;it | has flopped |
| we | have flopped |
| you | have flopped |
| they | have flopped |
Past
| I | flopped |
| you | flopped |
| he;she;it | flopped |
| we | flopped |
| you | flopped |
| they | flopped |
Pluperfect
| I | had flopped |
| you | had flopped |
| he;she;it | had flopped |
| we | had flopped |
| you | had flopped |
| they | had flopped |
Future
| I | will flop |
| you | will flop |
| he;she;it | will flop |
| we | will flop |
| you | will flop |
| they | will flop |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flopped |
| you | will have flopped |
| he;she;it | will have flopped |
| we | will have flopped |
| you | will have flopped |
| they | will have flopped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flop |
| you | flop |
| he;she;it | flop |
| we | flop |
| you | flop |
| they | flop |
Perfect
| I | have flopped |
| you | have flopped |
| he;she;it | have flopped |
| we | have flopped |
| you | have flopped |
| they | have flopped |
Imperfect
| I | flopped |
| you | flopped |
| he;she;it | flopped |
| we | flopped |
| you | flopped |
| they | flopped |
Pluperfect
| I | had flopped |
| you | had flopped |
| he;she;it | had flopped |
| we | had flopped |
| you | had flopped |
| they | had flopped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flop |
| you | would flop |
| he;she;it | would flop |
| we | would flop |
| you | would flop |
| they | would flop |
Perfect
| I | would have flopped |
| you | would have flopped |
| he;she;it | would have flopped |
| we | would have flopped |
| you | would have flopped |
| they | would have flopped |
Imperative
| you | flop |
| we | Let's flop |
| you | flop |
Verbs conjugated like 'flop'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flop'
blop,
clop,
flap,
flip,
flob,
flog,
flow,
flox,
glop,
lop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound.
Verbs referencing "flop"
German, old spelling
fluppen.
Sample Sentences
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He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
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There was [in the clock in Lyons Cathedral] a centre puppet of the Virgin Mary; and close to her, a small pigeon-hole, out of which another and a very ill-looking puppet made one of the most sudden plunges I ever saw accomplished: instantly flopping back again at sight of her, and banging his little door violently, after him. [1846, Charles Dickens, “Lyons, the Rhone, and the Goblin of Avignon”, in Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, page 19:]
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The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
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The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
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It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
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While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.
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The brim of a hat flops.
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Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ).
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[…] not just the old material goal of "three hots and a place to flop," […] [1969, Howard E. Freeman, Norman R. Kurtz, America's Troubles: A Casebook on Social Conflict, Prentice-Hall, page 414:]
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They have opened up crypts and basements as immense pads where vagrant and impoverished hippies can flop for the night. [1973, Alan Watts, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journal, Pantheon Books, page 135:]
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The possibilities of this type of shot are almost limitless. By quartering the screen and duplicating and flopping the picture, a kaleidoscopic effect is achieved. [1968, Advertising Techniques, volumes 4-5, page 28:]
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[…] in order to flop the image left-to-right, or all printing will appear reversed. [1986, Functional Photography, volumes 21-23, page 58:]
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I've been incarcerated going on 9½ years. I have never been back on the streets or given a chance to prove myself to society. Every time I would meet the parole board they would flop me telling me I would be a threat to society. [1986 April 12, anonymous author, “One Day I'll Write a Book on This”, in Gay Community News, page 4:]