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flop

verb
  1. To drop or sink heavily and noisily: plop, plump 2, plunk. See rise
  2. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly: droop, loll, lop 2, sag, slouch, wilt. See hang
  3. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: beat, flap, flitter, flutter, waggle, wave. See repetition
  4. Informal. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal: fall down. Slang: bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See thrive
  5. Slang. To go to bed: bed (down), retire. Informal: turn in. Slang: crash. Idioms: call it a night, hit the hay (or sack). See awareness
noun
Informal. One that fails completely: bust, failure, fiasco, loser, washout. Informal: dud, lemon. Slang: bomb. See thrive

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