How to pronounce flop
American English pronunciation
FLOP
- IPA
- /ˈflɑp/
- Syllables
- FLOP (1 syllable)
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What flop means
Most people know flop in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A show, movie or plan that fails completely
In a sentence: The new movie was a flop, and the theater stayed nearly empty every night.
Where it comes from: It was first written down in 1602 and is probably a form of flap with a duller, heavier sound. It is the same word as flop meaning to drop down.
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