flopped
flopped is the simple past and past participle of flop.
Meaning of flop
Verb
flop (third-person singular simple present flops, present participle flopping, simple past and past participle flopped)
- To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
- To cause to drop heavily.
- The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
- To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
- To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
- To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
- The brim of a hat flops.
- To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
- Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ).
Phrases with flopped
Questions about flopped
- What is flopped the simple past and past participle of?
- Flopped is the simple past and past participle of flop.
Words near flopped in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flopped (page history and authors); flop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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