flop

flop
Synonyms and related words:
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, also-ran, alter, ameliorate, antimasque, audience success, bag, ballet, bang, bankrupt, be a gas, be a hit, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, beat, beating, bed, bicker, bill, bomb, bottom out, break, broadcast drama, bump, burlesque show, burst, bust, cascade, cave, cave in, change, charade, checker, chop, chop and change, clanger, clap, clash, cliff hanger, closet drama, collapse, come about, come around, come round, come to naught, come to nothing, comedy drama, crack, crap out, crash, crawl in, critical success, cropper, crump, culbute, daggle, dance, dangle, daytime serial, debacle, decline, degenerate, depend, deteriorate, deviate, dialogue, disaster, dive, diverge, diversify, documentary drama, doss down, drabble, drag, draggle, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dramatize, drape, draw a blank, droop, drop a bomb, drop down, drop the ball, dud, dull thud, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, experimental theater, extravaganza, fail, failure, fall, fall down, fall flat, false alarm, fan, feature, fiasco, fizzle, flap, flat failure, flick, flicker, flip, flit, flitter, flop down, floperoo, flow, flummox, flump, flump down, flutter, fold, fold up, forced landing, founder, frost, gasser, get left, give way, giveaway, go down, go pitapat, gutter, hang, hang down, happening, haul around, header, headline, hit, hit show, hit the hay, hit the sack, improve, improvisational drama, jibe, kip down, knock, lapse, lay an egg, legitimate drama, lemon, lop, lose out, loser, lower, make a hit, masque, meliorate, melodrama, melodramatize, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, mitigate, modulate, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, mount, music drama, musical revue, mutate, mystery, mystery play, nod, not hack it, not make it, open, open a show, opera, pageant, palpitate, palpitation, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, pend, piece, pile in, pitapat, pitter-patter, play, playlet, plop, plop down, plump, plunge, pratfall, premiere, present, preview, problem play, produce, psychodrama, pulse, put on, quiver, quiz show, radio drama, rap, report, review, revive, revue, roll in, sack out, sack up, sag, scenarize, sensational play, serial, set, set the stage, settle, settle down, shake, shift, show, sink, sink down, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, slam, slap, slat, slouch, slump, slump down, smack, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, spill, splat, splutter, sprawl, sputter, stage, stage play, stage show, star, straight drama, strike out, stumble, submerge, subside, succeed, success, suspense drama, swag, swap, swerve, swing, tableau, tableau vivant, tack, take a turn, take the count, talk show, tap, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, theatricalize, throb, thwack, topple, total loss, total theater, trail, trip, try out, tumble, turkey, turn, turn aside, turn in, turn into, turn the corner, undergo a change, variety show, vary, vaudeville, vaudeville show, veer, vehicle, warp, wash out, washout, wave, waver, weep, whack, wham, whap, whiff, whomp, whop, word-of-mouth success, work, worsen

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  • flop — flop …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • flop — [ flɔp ] interj. et n. m. • 1952; de l angl. to flop « se laisser tomber » 1 ♦ Bruit de chute (notamment de choses molles, pâteuses) ou bruit analogue. ⇒ floc. Faire flop : tomber. 2 ♦ N. m. (Argot du spectacle) Échec. ⇒ bide, four. Auteur qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • flop — [flɒp ǁ flɑːp] verb flopped PTandPP flopping PRESPART [intransitive] if a product or an attempt to do something flops, it fails completely: • A £16 million rights issue in the company flopped yesterday with only 2.4 % of the 151 million shares on …   Financial and business terms

  • flop — flop·er·oo; flop·per; flop·pers; flop·pe·ty; flop·pi·ly; flop·pi·ness; flop·py; ker·flop; giga·flop; flop; flop·per·oo; …   English syllables

  • Flop — may refer to: *Flop, a slang term for failure *Flop, a box office bomb in the entertainment world *Flop (poker), a poker term describing the first three cards dealt to the board *Flip flop (electronics), the bistable multivibrator, a circuit with …   Wikipedia

  • Flop — steht für: einen Misserfolg, einen Reinfall, eine Pleite, meist aus kommerzieller Sicht; nach englisch flop („Misserfolg“, „Reinfall“); Gegenteil von Hit den Fosbury Flop, siehe Hochsprung die ersten drei Gemeinschaftskarten beim Pokern, siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Flop — Sm Reinfall, Mißerfolg per. Wortschatz fremd. Erkennbar fremd (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. flop, eigentlich das Hinfallen , einer Ableitung von ne. flop (mit Lärm) hin(unter)fallen , neben ne. flap, dessen weitere Herkunft nicht sicher… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • flop´pi|ly — flop|py «FLOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est, noun, plural pies. Informal. –adj. tending to flop; flopping: »a floppy hat. –n. = floppy disk. (Cf. ↑floppy disk) –flop´pi|ly …   Useful english dictionary

  • flop|py — «FLOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est, noun, plural pies. Informal. –adj. tending to flop; flopping: »a floppy hat. –n. = floppy disk. (Cf. ↑floppy disk) –flop´pi|ly …   Useful english dictionary

  • Flop — der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. flop zu to flop »(hin)plumpsen«>: 1. Kurzform von ↑Fosbury Flop. 2. Misserfolg; Angelegenheit od. Sache, die keinen Anklang findet u. deshalb nicht den erwarteten [finanziellen] Erfolg bringt …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • flop — [fläp] vt. flopped, flopping [echoic var. of FLAP] 1. to flap, strike, throw, or cause to drop noisily and clumsily 2. Photoengraving to turn (a film negative) face down before exposure to a metal plate, in order to create a desired mirror image… …   English World dictionary

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