to flop

Examples

• All

• So now people go to town, they work eight hours, they come and flop in front of the television.

  Boggy Creek Monster (2016)

• I smiled at Jane and flopped down in front of my father's chair.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Like I do need a place to kind of flop and think about stuff.

• My son burst into the house and flops down the couch just like he did every day after school.

• During this transition, he often flopped on the floor, complained, and refused to move.

  Academic text (2014)

• When he finally flopped over to face me, a smile crept into the corners of his mouth.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Porthos shakes his head and flops down in a chair.

  Fiction book (1993)

• With a groan, he flopped on his back, and the cold mud found new places to penetrate.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Emma Guinness flopped onto the slubbed-silk sofa, and Pat Parker into an armchair.

  Fiction book (1990)

• After a long day, he flopped onto the sofa and closed his eyes.

Synonyms

L

to lie down

vsto flop

403 1.0

To put your body flat on a bed to rest or sleep

involves heavy sudden collapse rather than gentle, intentional resting

S

to slump

vsto flop

58 4.0

To sit down or fall forward suddenly and heavily

is similar but stresses a relaxed or tired sudden collapse

P

to plop

vsto flop

35 3.6

To sit or place something down suddenly with a soft sound

is similar but stresses a more relaxed or tired collapse

P

to plunk

vsto flop

14 6.0

To put down something or sit down heavily so it makes a loud sound

tends toward sudden, relaxed bodily collapse rather than loud impact

P

to plunk down

vsto flop

• Informal

5 6.7

To put something down so it makes a noise or to pay money quickly

is more about a relaxed collapse rather than abrupt noisy action

P

to plonk

vsto flop

• UK

2 7.8

To put something down heavily and loudly

is usually sudden and tired bodily collapse rather than careless noise

P

to plump

vsto flop

2 4.1

To sit or drop down heavily and suddenly

is usually more about a tired collapse than a noisy drop

P

to plank

vsto flop

1 7.2

To drop something or yourself down heavily, often making a noise

involves the same suddenness but with a bodily tired collapse

P

to plonk down

vsto flop

• UK

1 7.6

Sit or put something down heavily and carelessly

is more about a tired, sudden fall than careless noisiness

P

to plump down

vsto flop

• UK

1 6.0

To sit down suddenly in a heavy, relaxed way

is more about sudden tired collapse than careless dropping

F

to flump

vsto flop

• Informal

1 8.8

To fall or put something down heavily so it makes a dull sound

describes the same heaviness but often as a sudden tired movement

F

to flump down

vsto flop

• Informal

1 7.5

To sit or fall down suddenly and heavily, often because you are tired

focuses more on sudden heavy action than on exhaustion alone

Antonyms

S

to stand

∞ 1.0

To be or put something in an upright position

R

to rise

410 1.0

To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist

Phrasal Verbs

F

to flip-flop on issues

• Literature

3 8.2

To change opinions or promises about important matters often without a clear reason

Compounds

F

flip-flop

35 2.5

An open sandal held on the foot by a strap between the big toe and the second toe

F

flip-flop

• Literature

31 6.7

A sudden change in opinion or policy that reverses an earlier decision

B

belly flop

4 4.1

A dive where the stomach hits the water flat and hurts

B

belly flop

• Informal

1 4.4

An embarrassing failure of a plan, event, or show

F

flip-flop

• Specialized

1 8.1

An electronic circuit that stays in one of two states to store information

F

Fosbury flop

• Specialized

1 8.9

A high jump method where the jumper goes over the bar backwards, head first

How Heavy

to collapse

645 3.9

to flop

48 2.3

to drop

∞ 1.0

to sit

∞ 1.0

to settle

729 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology