Past tense of flop
regular verb
The past tense of flop is flopped. The past participle is also flopped.
Forms of flop
| Base form (V1) | flop /flɒp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flopped |
| Past participle (V3) | flopped |
| Present participle | flopping |
| Third person singular | flops |
Flopped in a sentence
- He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
- The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
- I shored up a geranium with earth after it had flopped over.From the entry shore up
- The director's first three movies belly flopped.From the entry belly flop
- The fish flopped helplessly in the tiny remaining pool.From the entry helplessly
Meaning of flop
- verb To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- verb To cause to drop heavily.
- verb To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
Questions about the past tense of flop
- What is the past tense of flop?
- The past tense of flop is flopped.
- What is the past participle of flop?
- The past participle of flop is flopped.
- Is flop a regular or irregular verb?
- Flop is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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