as in disaster
something that has failed
the movie is such a flop that theaters showing it are the loneliest places in town
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as in to collapse
to be unsuccessful
the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped, and our team lost by five points
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Recent Examples of flop
Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
But despite that commercial flop, the Vision Pro has seen some surprise success among a handful of professional industries.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
On Thursday morning, visitors snapped photos as the Steller sea lion flopped on the pier, surrounded by dozens of much smaller California sea lions that call the docks home.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
There was a Hollywood director who once famously said that just about everybody out there has a 3-movie contract until the first movie is a flop.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
But despite that commercial flop, the Vision Pro has seen some surprise success among a handful of professional industries.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
The mix of physical comedy, distant cue cards and having to keep from breaking character as cast members flopped down a set of fake stairs seemed almost too much for the guest host.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
On Thursday morning, visitors snapped photos as the Steller sea lion flopped on the pier, surrounded by dozens of much smaller California sea lions that call the docks home.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flop
Noun
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In the aftermath of the BAFTA Film Awards, the BBC created a new set of protocols, which now need to be unleashed without a hitch as the public broadcaster bids to avoid a repeat of the disaster.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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The United Nations estimates that, all told, thousands of people have died or will die as a result of the disaster.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
Verb
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The ball appeared to land on the boardwalk outside the stadium before plopping into McCovey Cove.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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If you're tempted to remove a nest that a bird plopped in the middle of your petunias, read this first.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
Verb
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In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,300-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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And today, for the time being, the regime has collapsed totally.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Per the authors, when dolphins flap their tails up and down, the kicking motion pushes water backward and produces swirling currents of varying sizes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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Emery will argue his fine-margins approach, however blunt Villa presently appear in attack, could have been validated if Ollie Watkins’ close-range shot was not straight at Stefan Ortega or if Lucas Digne had not flapped his arms inside the box to give away a penalty.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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When Danh was initially hospitalized overseas on April 9, doctors diagnosed her with acute liver failure, among other serious health issues.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Despite these obvious failures, many still call for the rich to pay more taxes.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Using a flexible bench scraper or hard plastic spatula, fold dough over and onto itself several times, scraping bottom and sides of bowl, to bring together into a mass (dough will feel very wet and sticky).—
Claire Saffitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 May 2026
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The bench-seat cushion comes off to reveal a fold-out mattress that fits both full and queen size sheets, so this bed comfortably fits two people.—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2026
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Homemade fan art of Jacks, the series’s love interest, fluttered out of a collector’s-edition case.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Riding through the bust Trek’s current headwinds are real.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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During a stock market bust, Turner’s net worth went from nearly $10 billion to about $2 billion in two-and-a-half years.—
David Bauder,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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“Flop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flop. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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