(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
1.
If you ~ into a chair, for example, you sit down suddenly and heavily because you are so tired.
Bunbury ~ped down upon the bed and rested his tired feet...
She ~ped, exhausted, on to a sofa.
= collapse
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
2.
If something ~s onto something else, it falls there heavily or untidily.
The briefcase ~ped onto the desk...
His hair ~ped over his left eye.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
3.
If something is a ~, it is completely unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a ~.
= failure
N-COUNT: oft adj N
4.
If something ~s, it is completely unsuccessful. (INFORMAL)
The film ~ped badly at the box office.
VERB: V