'Flop' definitions:

Definition of 'flop'

From: WordNet
adverb
With a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
adverb
Exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop]
noun
An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" [syn: floating-point operation, flop]
noun
Someone who is unsuccessful [syn: flop, dud, washout]
noun
A complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: flop, bust, fizzle]
noun
The act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" [syn: flop, collapse]
verb
Fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
verb
Fall suddenly and abruptly
verb
Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: fall through, fall flat, founder, flop]

Definition of 'Flop'

From: GCIDE
  • Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (fl[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] [A variant of flap.]
  • 1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] --Fielding. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flop'

From: GCIDE
  • Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. i.
  • 1. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flop'

From: GCIDE
  • Flop \Flop\, n. Act of flopping. [Colloq.] --W. H. Russell. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'flop'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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