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Meanings of
flop
in English
Catalan
desastre
Spanish
desastre
Back to the meaning
Someone who is unsuccessful.
dud
washout
Catalan
desastre
Portuguese
fracasso
Catalan
fracàs
Spanish
fiasco
Back to the meaning
A complete failure.
bust
fizzle
Portuguese
fracasso
Spanish
fracasar
Back to the meaning
Fail utterly; collapse.
founder
fall through
fall flat
Spanish
fracasar
Spanish
correcto
Back to the meaning
Exactly.
right
Spanish
correcto
Synonyms
Examples for "
founder
"
founder
fall through
fall flat
Examples for "
founder
"
1
The Microsoft
founder
has been the wealthiest American every year since 1994.
2
Business: Microsoft
founder
and the visionary behind the world's largest software company.
3
The apolipoprotein B mutation was the Arg3500Gln
founder
mutation in Northern Europe.
4
Results: Four independent
founder
mice bearing various copies of transgene were generated.
5
Laor, Michael,
founder
of Cisco Systems Development Center in Israel; February 2009.
1
I want people to understand exactly how people
fall
through
the cracks.
2
He didn't
fall
through
the window: he went down like a stone.
3
Our supplies made us so heavy I'm surprised we didn't
fall
through
.
4
He woke from the eighth repetition of his nightmare
fall
through
space.
5
The
fall
through
vice to sin is a matter of slow transition.
1
Unless the messenger is manifestly in earnest, the message will
fall
flat
.
2
Arguments that derivatives are ill-suited to exchange trading
fall
flat
with Frank.
3
After it, everything else was bound to
fall
flat
,
dull, and unimpressive.
4
Jokes are told just a little too loudly, and usually
fall
flat
.
5
You can pick me up when I
fall
flat
on my ass.
Other meanings for "flop"
Usage of
flop
in English
1
That said, I don't think Russia can afford a second high-profile
flop
.
2
Indeed, the coelacanth, far from being a
flop
,
is rather a success.
3
However, the 3DO was a
flop
,
largely due to its high price.
4
The
flop
will affect sentiment for future yuan stocks in Hong Kong.
5
And Tad's plan can only work if Lottie's line is a
flop
.
6
Hammond had looked set to lose his job until May's election
flop
.
7
Joe Griffinasks why the best stand-up comedians often
flop
in the cinema.
8
The hub's purpose is to eliminate the need for a
flip
-
flop
hub.
9
His immediate replacement is the former Manchester City and Everton
flop
Jô.
10
This year's Great British Princess Bake-Off has been … a royal
flop
.
11
Crystal Palace are keen on another Liverpool
flop
say Your Local Guardian.
12
I don't know how they're gonna deal with the
flip
-
flop
thing, exactly.
13
At the same moment a loud
flop
was heard on the quarter-deck.
14
Saturday night
flop
The disastrous figures for the Premiership have wider repercussions.
15
A sudden impulse-
I
went
flop
on my knees; so you may judge-
16
I thought I saw the bank-book give a nervous
flop
just here.
Other examples for "flop"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
flop
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
flop down
flop around
commercial flop
flop back
complete flop
More collocations
Translations for
flop
Catalan
desastre
inútil
fracàs
Spanish
desastre
fiasco
descalabro
fracasar
hundirse
caer de plano
derrumbarse
zozobrar
irse a pique
correcto
exactamente
de lleno
flop
Portuguese
fracasso
Flop
through the time
Flop
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common