Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - flop
Flop
flop
v., n., & adv. --v.intr. (flopped, flopping) 1 sway about heavily or loosely (hair flopped over his face). 2 move in an ungainly way (flopped along the beach in flippers). 3 (often foll. by down, on, into) sit, kneel, lie, or fall awkwardly or suddenly (flopped down on to the bench). 4 sl. (esp. of a play, film, book, etc.) fail; collapse (flopped on Broadway). 5 sl. sleep. 6 make a dull sound as of a soft body landing, or of a flat thing slapping water. --n. 1 a a flopping movement. b the sound made by it. 2 sl. a failure. 3 sl. esp. US a bed. --adv. with a flop. Phrases and idioms flop-house sl. esp. US a doss-house. Etymology: var. of FLAP
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I. verb (~ped; ~ping) Etymology: alteration of 2flap Date: 1602 intransitive verb to swing or move loosely ; flap, to throw or move oneself in a heavy, clumsy, or relaxed manner , to change or turn suddenly, to go to bed , to fail completely , transitive verb to move or drop heavily or noisily ; cause to ~ , ~per noun II. adverb Date: 1728 right, squarely , III. noun Date: 1823 an act or sound of ~ping, a complete failure , a place to sleep, dung ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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