Meaning & use
Flopped
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Fell or dropped heavily and loosely, or failed completely, especially of a project or performance.
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He flopped onto the couch after a long day at work.
The big-budget movie flopped at the box office despite heavy promotion.
A note on using this word
The theatrical slang sense of a show "flopping" dates to early 20th-century Broadway, where a failed production was said to fall flat, just like the physical motion.
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