Definition of flop Flop
/flɑˈp/ - [flap] - flop
We found 29 definitions of flop from 7 different sources.
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What does flop mean?
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NounPlural: flops |
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| flop - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" | ||
| bust, fizzle | ||
| failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" | ||
| flop - the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" | ||
| collapse | ||
| descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction | ||
| flop - someone who is unsuccessful | ||
| dud, washout | ||
| unsuccessful person, nonstarter, loser, failure a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered | ||
| flop - an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" | ||
| floating-point operation | ||
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| flop - fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair" | ||
| cave in, fall in, founder, give way, collapse, give, break to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!" | ||
| flop - fall suddenly and abruptly | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" | ||
| fall through, fall flat, founder | ||
| go wrong, miscarry, fail suffer a miscarriage | ||
Adverb |
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| flop - with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud" | ||
| flop - exactly; "he fell flop on his face" | ||
| right | ||
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Wiktionary 
- flop (Noun)
An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. - flop (Noun)
A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. - flop (Noun)
The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a card community card poker game. - flop (Noun)
A place to stay, sleep or live. See flophouse. - flop (Noun)
A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop. - flop (Noun)
A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second. - flop (Verb)
To fall heavily, because lacking energy. - flop (Verb)
To fail completely, not to be successful at all about a movie, play, book, song etc.. - flop (Verb)
To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey. - flop (Adverb)
Right, squarely, flat-out. - flop (Adverb)
With a flopping sound.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- flop (v. t.)
To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap. - flop (v. t.)
To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. - flop (v. i.)
To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops. - flop (v. i.)
To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. - flop (n.)
Act of flopping.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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flop
To lose one's balance and hit the ground.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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flop
flop, v.t. to cause to hang down.—v.i. to plump down suddenly: to break down.—n. a fall plump on the ground.—adv. Flop′pily.—n. Flop′piness.—adj. Flop′py. [A form of flap.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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flop
To fall flat down: as "soused flop in the lee-scuppers."
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