how to pronounce flop

/flɒp/

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flop is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of flop in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… then it's yet another flip-flop from the …”

meaning of flop

Flop means to fail or to be unsuccessful.

flop frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word flop occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics flop can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that flop can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;