flop (noun)
11flop sweat — noun Date: 1953 nervous sweat (as of a performer) caused especially by the fear of failing …
12belly flop — noun a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water • Syn: ↑belly flopper, ↑belly whop, ↑belly whopper • Hypernyms: ↑dive, ↑diving * * * I. noun …
13flop — I. verb (flopped; flopping) Etymology: alteration of 2flap Date: 1602 intransitive verb 1. to swing or move loosely ; flap 2. to throw or move oneself in a heavy, clumsy, or relaxed manner < flopped into the chair …
14flop — I UK [flɒp] / US [flɑp] verb [intransitive] Word forms flop : present tense I/you/we/they flop he/she/it flops present participle flopping past tense flopped past participle flopped 1) to sit or lie down in a heavy way by relaxing your muscles… …
15flop — [c]/flɒp / (say flop) verb (flopped, flopping) –verb (i) 1. to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud. 2. to fall flat on the surface of water. 3. to yield or break down suddenly. 4. Colloquial …
16flop — 1. verb a) To fall heavily, because lacking energy. He flopped down in front of the television as he was exhausted from work. b) To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.) …
17flop — flop1 [ flap ] verb intransitive 1. ) to sit or lie down in a heavy way by relaxing your muscles and letting your body fall: He came home and flopped into a chair. flop down: Jamie flopped down beside me. 2. ) to move or hang in a loose, heavy,… …
18flop — 1 verb flopped, flopping (I) 1 (always + adv/prep) also flop down to sit or lie down in a relaxed way, by letting all your weight fall heavily onto a chair etc (+ in/onto/across etc): “I m exhausted,” said Max, flopping into a chair. 2 (always +… …
19Fosbury flop — noun jumping over the bar backwards and head first • Hypernyms: ↑high jump * * * Fosbury flop /fozˈbə ri flop/ noun A method of high jumping in which the athlete goes over the bar horizontally on his or her back ORIGIN: R Fosbury (born 1947), US… …
20flop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. fall, drop, thud, plump down; loll, idle; flutter, flap; slang, sleep, bed down; slang, fail, bust (inf.), lay an egg (sl.). See descent, failure, repose. n., slang, failure, bust (sl.), turkey (sl …
