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
Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jeff Cox,christina Wilkie,erin Doherty,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
With a critics’ score of just 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, it was also certified 'Rotten' so was firmly in the flop category.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2025
Many of the projects have flopped, but Kenya’s Tatu City is poised to be an exception.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
White House advisors claimed the flip flop was always the strategy, suggesting that the past week of massive tariffs that triggered huge market losses was all for show.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jeff Cox,christina Wilkie,erin Doherty,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
With a critics’ score of just 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, it was also certified 'Rotten' so was firmly in the flop category.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
How did Carmelo Anthony end up getting cast in the video for Goodies‘ lone flop single?
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2025
Many of the projects have flopped, but Kenya’s Tatu City is poised to be an exception.
—Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flop
Noun
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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Melissa Bumstead, an environmental advocate and San Fernando Valley resident, urged the Board of Environmental Safety to consider factoring disaster debris into the hazardous waste plan.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Through off-screen machinations, Kate also uprooted young Henry — who was probably doing really well in Madre Linda — and plopped him into their life.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After his 4-foot putt went in during the one-hole playoff against Justin Rose, McIlroy threw his golf club in the air and collapsed to the ground.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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This is often not helped when an investment collapses or defaults, and commentators online and other advisory companies increase client doubts.—
Adam Fayed,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The doves in the poignant, almost twenty-five-hundred-year-old sculpture look very much like the pigeons walking and flapping around the museum’s plaza along Fifth Avenue, out front.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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From their Alaskan breeding grounds, the curlews will make an epic migration of at least 2,500 miles to northwestern Hawaii—and some will even flap as far as the South Pacific, tacking an additional 1,250 miles onto their journey.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Kennedy's new vision — and view of past 'failures' At times, Kennedy has praised the staff of HHS.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
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Discussing our failures in team meetings creates a culture where mistakes are viewed as opportunities for growth rather than setbacks.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Plus, the rear seats can be folded flat from the back.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The ballets are folded, placed on a round plate and then slid into an urn.—
Maria Pasquini,
People.com,
7 May 2025
Verb
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His shot from just beyond the left circle deflected off Toronto defenseman Morgan Rielly before fluttering past goaltender Joseph Woll and into the net.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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The red and yellow of Vietnam’s national flag was everywhere in the city — fluttering from buildings, painted on the faces of eager teenagers and on the T-shirts of those who had traveled to the city from all over the country.—
Aniruddha Ghosal,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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But Monty Python remains a master of the form, and The Holy Grail's conclusion in a knight bust remains one of its purest expressions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile second-generation VIPs leads to a dangerous conspiracy, the yadang must fight to survive.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Flop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flop. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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