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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Flop.[Websters] 2. To be troubled or misfortuned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have fluttered, waged, wagged, flustered or flurried. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be abortioned or frosted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have collapsed, slumped or bombed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be potted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have fussed, fermented, pothered or turmoiled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be clinkered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have flapped or slapped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be disgraced.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flop.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flop) |
1. Fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair".[Wordnet]. 2. Fall suddenly and abruptly.[Wordnet]. 3. Fail utterly; collapse.[Wordnet]. 4. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.[Websters]. 5. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.[Websters]. 6. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.[Websters]. 7. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: flopping, flopped, flops, flopper, floppers, floppingly and floppedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Flopped" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | خابَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, fizzle), باءَ بِالفَشَل (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop), إِخْفاق (failure, frost, frustration, bloomer, bloomers), خَيْبَة (discomfiture, failure, fiasco, defeat, defeated), حُبُوط (frustration, bloomer, bloomers, defeat, defeated), نُكْس (defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats, degeneration), نَكْسَة (setback, defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats), فَشِلَ (fail, failed, failing, flop, miscarry), فَشَل (failure, defeat, dud, fiasco, frustration), أَخْفَقَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | خابَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, fizzle), باءَ بِالفَشَل (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop), إِخْفاق (failure, frost, frustration, bloomer, bloomers), خَيْبَة (discomfiture, failure, fiasco, defeat, defeated), حُبُوط (frustration, bloomer, bloomers, defeat, defeated), نُكْس (defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats, degeneration), نَكْسَة (setback, defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats), فَشِلَ (fail, failed, failing, flop, miscarry), فَشَل (failure, defeat, dud, fiasco, frustration), أَخْفَقَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | خابَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, fizzle), باءَ بِالفَشَل (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop), إِخْفاق (failure, frost, frustration, bloomer, bloomers), خَيْبَة (discomfiture, failure, fiasco, defeat, defeated), حُبُوط (frustration, bloomer, bloomers, defeat, defeated), نُكْس (defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats, degeneration), نَكْسَة (setback, defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats), فَشِلَ (fail, failed, failing, flop, miscarry), فَشَل (failure, defeat, dud, fiasco, frustration), أَخْفَقَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | padl (fell, flopped). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | padl (fell, flopped). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | padl (fell, flopped). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | fiel herein (flopped), versagte (flopped, malfunctioned, forbade). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | fiel herein (flopped), versagte (flopped, malfunctioned, forbade). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | خابَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, fizzle), باءَ بِالفَشَل (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop), إِخْفاق (failure, frost, frustration, bloomer, bloomers), خَيْبَة (discomfiture, failure, fiasco, defeat, defeated), حُبُوط (frustration, bloomer, bloomers, defeat, defeated), نُكْس (defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats, degeneration), نَكْسَة (setback, defeat, defeated, defeating, defeats), فَشِلَ (fail, failed, failing, flop, miscarry), فَشَل (failure, defeat, dud, fiasco, frustration), أَخْفَقَ (fail, failed, failing, Fails, flop). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | fiel herein (flopped), versagte (flopped, malfunctioned, forbade). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | fiel herein (flopped), versagte (flopped, malfunctioned, forbade). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | yenilmiş (beaten, flopped, snookered, sunk). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, flopped. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
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