flop

flop 1. past tense, past participle - flopped; verb

1) (to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily: She flopped into an armchair.) plaske, slenge seg ned i, ramle

2) (to hang or swing about loosely: Her hair flopped over her face.) flagre, flakse

3) ((of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful: the play flopped.) gjøre fiasko, falle med et brak

2. noun

1) ((a) flopping movement.) plask, klask, dunk

2) (a failure: The show was a complete flop.) fiasko

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- floppy

- floppy disk

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subst. \/flɒp\/

1) klasking, flaksing

2) klask, dump

3) (hverdagslig) fiasko, flopp

• the new plan was a flop from the very beginning

den nye planen var en fiasko helt fra starten av

• he was a flop as a reporter

han var helt mislykket som reporter

4) (amer., slang, på losjihus) seng, køye

II

verb \/flɒp\/

1) henge og slenge, daske

2) plaske

• the fish flopped helplessly in the bucket

fisken plasket hjelpeløst i bøtten

3) plumpe, dumpe ned (i en stol)

4) (hverdagslig) gjøre fiasko, mislykkes

• the play flopped right from the start

stykket var en fiasko helt fra begynnelsen

5) (amer., slang) losjere, sove

6) (hverdagslig) flakse (med vingene)

flop down dumpe ned, falle ned, slenge seg ned

• flop down into a chair

dumpe ned i en stol

flop over (amer., overført) slå om, endre syn, gå over, bytte side

III

adv. \/flɒp\/

pladask, bums

IV

interj. \/flɒp\/

bums, klask