(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
Used in a Sentence
flopped
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for flopped.
Editorial note
I pitched an immature product to investors, and when sales flopped, we flopped, despite numerous pivot potentials.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of flopped gathered in one view.
(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
(transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for flopped.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
verb
(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
verb
(transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
verb
(intransitive) 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.
Example sentences
I pitched an immature product to investors, and when sales flopped, we flopped, despite numerous pivot potentials.
Yeah the article is terrible, but it does mention once; because it flopped.
SV culture on appearance is every bit as stupid as the culture of the dinosaurs, it's just flip-flopped.
We hate Starbucks - it flopped in Australia and there are only a handful of them open in tourist hotspots.
I've seen the flip-flopped behavior on other sites, and it is a pet peeve of mine.
Since the website did a lot of things, and none of it well, often being compared to email, it flopped and the entire project folded..
I do know that Philips developed a system called the CD-i (which flopped), and got the rights to use some of Nintendo's characters.
I built an app for Hacker News that just went live on the App Store this morning, but my announcement completely flopped on HN.
I'd done it many times, but the stress of having an interviewer breathing over my shoulder made it a painful experience and I completely flopped.
The article was fairly poorly written, I only got one line saying that the movie flopped because it released at the same time as E.
I, too, flopped around from technology to technology during college and after, and I'll tell you now, it only hurt me.
It's interesting that in the course of <10 years, the positions flip-flopped, and Intel's architecture dominated AMD in IPC and power consumption, making price AMD's primary weapon in the CPU battles.
Quote examples
The Chevy Nova completely flopped in Spanish speaking countries, primarily because in Spanish, "Nova" means "no go".
The accusations you mention completely flopped and the "accused" were exonerated by half a dozen independent committees and investigations.
Your best argument that the Times has "flip-flopped" is that they couldn't make up their minds between calling Silicon Valley "sexist" or "male-dominated"?
The closest "agenda" they could be trying to push is the "necessary backdoors to circumvent encryption then we wouldn't need all these spy tools for mass surveillance" pitch that kinda flopped for obvious reasons.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use flopped in a sentence?
I pitched an immature product to investors, and when sales flopped, we flopped, despite numerous pivot potentials.
What does flopped mean?
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
What part of speech is flopped?
flopped is commonly used as verb.