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Verb: flop (flopped,flopping) flóp- Fall loosely
"He flopped into a chair" - Fall suddenly and abruptly
- Fail utterly; collapse
- fall through, fall flat, founder
Noun: flop flóp- An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
"this computer can perform a million flops per second"
- floating-point operation - Someone who is unsuccessful
- dud, washout, clunker [N. Amer] - A complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"
- bust, fizzle - The act of throwing yourself down
"he landed on the bed with a great flop"
- collapse - An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- turkey, bomb, dud, clunker [N. Amer]
Adverb: flop flóp- With a flopping sound
"he tumbled flop into the mud" - Exactly
"he fell flop on his face"
- right
Derived forms: flopping, flopped, flops See also: fall, floppy Type of: break, cave in, collapse, come down, computer operation, descend, descent, fail, failure, fall, fall in, founder, give, give way, go down, go wrong, loser, machine operation, miscarry, no-hoper, nonstarter, unsuccessful person Encyclopedia: Flop |