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 Even their most consistent hitter of the year flopped in that spot on Sunday as Ramón Laureano went 0-for-5. —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026 Why Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis initially flopped. —

Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 After beating Atlanta last Friday without Jaylen Brown and Charlotte on Sunday without Brown and Derrick White, Boston flopped in a rematch with the Hawks, losing 112-102 without a crew of contributors headlined by a resting Jayson Tatum. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 But that effort has flopped, because the SAVE America Act doesn't have the votes to pass in the Senate. —

Chris Brennan, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026 All those efforts flopped in Congress. —

Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 Still, the series might have flopped were its actors not so likable. —

Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 Gillan flopped in the first year of a three-year, $9 million extension. —

Dan Duggan, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Jokic either fell or flopped — depending on who tells it — over the top of George four minutes into the game when the burgeoning Utah star tried the maneuver. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026

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They were bested by the Nashville Predators, 5-4 in a shootout, in what turned out to be a three-point game that elevated the Preds back into the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference and plopped the Kings back onto the wrong side of the playoff bubble.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
There has never been a more fitting opening to a season of a Bravo show than the marquee sign in front of Jax’s bar being taken down and unceremoniously plopped on the sidewalk.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026