# flop

> English word · Verb · IPA /flɒp/ · frequency rank #13,720

## Definitions
1. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
2. To cause to drop heavily.
3. To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
4. To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
5. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
6. To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
7. To stay, sleep or live in a place.
8. To flip; to reverse (an image).
9. To deny someone parole.

## Etymology
Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound.

## Easily confused with
- **fo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fo)
- **FP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fp)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-for)
- **fly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fly)
- **fox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fox)
- **flu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-flu)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fog)
- **foe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-foe)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-foo)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fro)
- **fob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fob)
- **FTP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-ftp)
- **foy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-foy)
- **foi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-foi)
- **fou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-fou)
- **foh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-foh)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-from)
- **food** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-food)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-foot)
- **flow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flop-vs-flow)

## Common misspellings (6)
`fflop`, `fllop`, `flopp`, `flpo`, `folp`, `lfop`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/flop