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How to use flop in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, interjection

Flop means to fall heavily due to lack of energy. Example: “He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.”

Examples of flop by meaning

verbTo fall heavily due to lack of energy.

  • He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.

verbTo cause to drop heavily.

  • The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.

verbTo 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.

verbTo 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.
  • While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.

verbTo strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to...

  • The brim of a hat flops.

verbTo 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).

verbTo stay, sleep or live in a place.

  • They have opened up crypts and basements as immense pads where vagrant and impoverished hippies can flop for the night.1973, Alan Watts, Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: A Mountain Journal, Pantheon Books, page 135

verbTo flip; to reverse (an image).

  • By quartering the screen and duplicating and flopping the picture, a kaleidoscopic effect is achieved.1968, Advertising Techniques, volumes 4-5, page 28

More sentences with flop

  • There was a lot of action on the flop; it was an action flop.From the entry action
  • The flop of 3-6-Q gave Brunson an open-ended straight draw with his 4-5 of hearts.From the entry open-ended
  • I shored up a geranium with earth after it had flopped over.From the entry shore up
  • Let's review the strategies for the pre-flop, flop, turn and river.From the entry pre-flop
  • The director's first three movies belly flopped.From the entry belly flop
  • The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.From the entry maul
  • The fish flopped helplessly in the tiny remaining pool.From the entry helplessly
  • Hellmuth flopped an inside straight draw, and needed a five on the turn or river to complete the straight.From the entry inside straight draw
  • Jake was hoping to make something good out of his suited 7-8 hand, but the flop came out dry: 2-5-10 rainbow, and all of the wrong suit!.From the entry dry
  • We're in a collective flop era and there's a gorgeous sense of community in that.2021, Maddy Black, "Unearthing Your Truth: Astrology Edition", Greater Expectations (University College London), Spring 2021, page 14. From the entry flop era
  • Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.2018, Brent Butt, “Sasquatch Your Language”, in Corner Gas Animated. From the entry poo
  • But not every flop calls for a continuation bet from every hand.2015 March 8, Ed Miller, “Poker Strategy With Ed Miller: Attacking Bad Continuation Bets: Miller Explains Why You Shouldn’t Continuation…. From the entry nitty
  • Yellow Submarine was a commercial flop in Britain, mainly because it was mispromoted as a children's film.2014, Simon Philo, British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence, page 135. From the entry mispromote
  • Flattered at her interest (she was popular!), I flopped it open to her.2014, Sandra Tsing Loh, “Parenting Adolescents During Perimenopause, or Medieval Times”, in The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging…. From the entry dungeon mistress
  • This rich-kid party at Scott McLeod's was a bust, a flop.2013, Glenn Kaplan, Poison Pill. From the entry rich-kid
  • "Okay, give paw." I caught her flopping paw, gave it a shake, and fed her the treat.2011, Michael Scotto, Latasha and the little red Tornado, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry give paw
  • He knifed up a wedge of butter and flopped it into the pan.2011, Elizabeth George, In The Presence Of The Enemy. From the entry knife up
  • She sighed and flopped back down on the bed, arms out at her sides.2009, Kelly Jamieson, Irish Sex Fairy, page 29. From the entry cheese with that whine
  • "If he can flip, he can flop, bada bing, bada boom, know what I mean?2007, George De Stefano, An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America, page 39. From the entry bada bing bada boom
  • What You Need: Snow (deep enough to flop into), your body (preferably covered in snowproof clothes).2007, Lynn Brunelle, Mama's Little Book of Tricks. From the entry snowproof
  • Repeated attempts to "change the channel" to pocketbook issues that traditionally favor Democratic candidates have flopped.2002 October 20, Thomas M. Defrank, “Dems Can't Cash In on Economy”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 17 Oct 2013. From the entry change the channel
  • (Dane, speaking about a woman character) "I'll see where the twist flops"1990, Miller's Crossing, 01:08:20. From the entry twist
  • A door flopped open, wobbling perilously on its one remaining hinge.1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 90. From the entry perilously
  • They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 212. From the entry priest
  • Or a werefish, which would flip and flop in death throes on the floor of this cave?”1961, Ray Russell, Sardonicus and Other Stories, New York, NY: Ballantine Books, page 60. From the entry werefish
  • Billy Vine, covered with flop sweat, started so-so, but in a few minutes he had them.15 March 1947, Bill Smith, "Night Club Reviews", Billboard page 36. From the entry flop sweat
  • "He took the this-is-unheard-of-but-not-really-serious-of-course attitude of a street fakir whose mechanical dingus flops during a demonstration."1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest. From the entry dingus
  • But so long as the water kept flopping and glucking aside me, I was right.1900, J. H. Crawford, The autobiography of a tramp. From the entry gluck
  • The Wachowskis’ animé-inspired action epic is a notorious box office flop, but represents a sliding doors moment in cinematic history.2023 May 10, B.C. Wallin, “Speed Racer and the blockbuster sea change”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry sliding door
  • Diana, dog-weary, flopped and fell asleep under the ancient arch, but Ommony walked to the tool-house and interrupted Jannath's meditations.2021, Talbot Mundy, Jungle Jest. From the entry dog-weary
  • I finished dressing—shorts, cutoff t-shirt and flip flops.2012, S. Louis King, Gnome Home Papers, →ISBN, page 318. From the entry Texas tea

Meaning of flop

  1. verb To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
  2. verb To cause to drop heavily.
  3. verb To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).

Full definition of flop

Questions about flop in a sentence

How do you use flop in a sentence?
Flop is used as a verb, noun and interjection. For example: “He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.”
What is a short sentence with flop?
“The brim of a hat flops.”
What does flop mean?
Flop means to fall heavily due to lack of energy.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flop (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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