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Laid an egg
Answer for the clue "Laid an egg ", 7 letters:
flopped
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Word definitions for flopped in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: flop )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" [syn: floating-point operation ] someone who is unsuccessful [syn: dud , washout ] a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (fl[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping .] [A variant of flap.] To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] --Fielding.
Usage examples of flopped.
More avians, or perhaps the same ones on a return trip, brought trundle-bugs and sandworms which flopped or burrowed in the weeds.
Jaxom grimaced as he flopped over onto his stomach, burying his face in the pillow, knowing as he did so that he was merely evading that issue.
Her head flopped forward and her hands dangled loosely from her wrists.
She flopped into an easy chair and said, "Would you put on the 'Hebrides Suite,' please?
He flopped onto his stomach, pounding the mattress with impotent fists.
He hadn't quite the muscular strength in his thighs to sit smoothly and flopped down.
Totally demoralized, Diego flopped down on the driver's seat, wondering how he was going to cope now.
She lay where she had flopped as she listened to the approach of shuffling steps and the tap of Leri's cane.
They're not dragons, and it's good fun to see how loud you can make it so' Falloner never finished that sentence, because Robinton head-butted him to the dirt and then flopped down on his chest, holding a fist in readiness.
They flopped limply across each other and the tiller bar, gasping in the air.
Robinton flopped down into the comfortable chair which Gennell had occupied and wondered if he would ever fit in it as well as the dear old man had hoped.
She was exhausted when she finally flopped on the sea grasses at the summit, and her left hand ached from unaccustomed gripping and effort She lay there for some time, until her heart stopped thudding in her ribs and her breath came more easily.
But the little bronze had flopped and crawled, keening with anguish, from the Hatching sands and right up to himself where he had stood with his parents and sister.
She flopped onto her back like a broken mechanoid, incapable of movement.
It twitched a couple of times, trying to regain its feet, then flopped down limply.