| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
flop |
| |
| NOUN: | Informal. One that fails completely: bust, failure, fiasco, loser, washout. Informal : dud, lemon. Slang : bomb. See THRIVE. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal : fall down. Slang : bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE. 2. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: beat, flap, flitter, flutter, waggle, wave. See REPETITION. 3. To drop or sink heavily and noisily: plop, plump2, plunk. See RISE. 4. 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. 5. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly: droop, loll, lop2, sag, slouch, wilt. See HANG.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
