WAHRIG Rechtschreibung
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flop|pen intr. 2, ugs.: scheitern, einen Misserfolg haben; das Buch floppte; der Film ist gefloppt
BERTELSMANN Wörterbuch
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flop|pen [V.2, ist gefloppt; o. Obj.; ugs.] scheitern, einen Misserfolg erleiden; der Film floppte beim Publikum; dieses Projekt darf auf keinen Fall f. [ ➔ Flop]
http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/ser...flopverb -pp-
If a book, play, film, etc. flops, it is not successful:
Her first book flopped, but her second became a bestseller.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?ke...Main Entry:1
flopPronunciation: \ˈfläp\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): flopped; flop·ping
Etymology: alteration of 2flap
Date: 1602
intransitive verb (...)
5 : to fail completely (the play flopped ) :
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Di...flop verb (flopped, flopping)
(...)3 intrans, colloq said of a play, project, business, etc: to fail dismally.
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/feat....
flopPRONUNCIATION: flp
VERB:Inflected forms: flopped, flop·ping, flops
INTRANSITIVE VERB:(...) 3. Informal To fail utterly: The play flopped.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/33/F0193300.htmlflopPronunciation: (flop), [key]
—v., flopped, flop•ping, (...)
—v.i.(...)
3. to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/flop
