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How to pronounce “flop”

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Pronunciation guide for flop

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of flop with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire 19 minutesgoes flop, flop, flop and lands on my head.
Definition summary: (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

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Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire 19 minutes

goes flop, flop, flop and lands on my head.

[Verb]
(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
(transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
(sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
(intransitive) 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.
(poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
(intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
(transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
(transitive, prison slang) To deny someone parole.
[Noun]
A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
(poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
Dung, as in cow-flop.
(slang) A flophouse.
[Interjection]
Indicating the sound of something flopping.
[Adverb]
Right, squarely, flat-out.
With a flopping sound.