Definition of flopper Flopper

flop•per

We found 3 definitions of flopper from 2 different sources.

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What does flopper mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • flopper (Noun)
    One who flops.

Part of speech

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  • flopper, adjective, comparative of flop.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: flops

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

Verb

flops, flopping, flopped  

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

flop - with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
flop - exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
  right
= synonym
= antonym
= related word

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • 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

  • flop
    To lose one's balance and hit the ground.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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 ⛵

  • flop
    To fall flat down: as "soused flop in the lee-scuppers."

Part of speech

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  • flop, verb, present, 1st person singular of flop (infinitive).
  • flop, verb (infinitive).
  • flop, noun, singular of flops.
  • flop, adjective.

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