FLOPPED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

flopped

verb

past tense of flop

as in plopped

to throw or set down clumsily or casually they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter

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as in collapsed

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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as in flapped

to move or cause to move with a striking motion a fish flopping around on the dock

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Recent Examples of flopped That flopped, as have all subsequent attempts to protect nature permanently and on a large scale through the use of markets. —

John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Brad Stevens, Fred Hoiberg, John Calipari, Tim Floyd, Lon Kruger, Mike Montgomery, Leonard Hamilton all left college to try the NBA, and most flopped. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2026 Steve flopped his head down on the table. —

Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026 Part one flopped at the box office in 2016. —

Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 May 2026 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 Under Cook, the company has become less surprising but massively financially successful; some of Apple’s newer products have flopped or underperformed, but far more have become and stayed excellent thanks to years of competent iteration. —

ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026 Cuomo’s podcast and mayoral bid flopped. —

Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Morris plopped her into her chair with a grunt of relief and pulled out the sunshade.

— Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
The art museum has this very modern and unique design and it’s just plopped there in the middle of this rural landscape, which makes for quite an unusual image.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026