FLOP

right, flop

(adverb) exactly; “he fell flop on his face”

flop

(adverb) with a flopping sound; “he tumbled flop into the mud”

flop, collapse

(noun) the act of throwing yourself down; “he landed on the bed with a great flop”

flop, bust, fizzle

(noun) a complete failure; “the play was a dismal flop”

flop, dud, washout

(noun) someone who is unsuccessful

flop

(verb) fall suddenly and abruptly

flop

(verb) fall loosely; “He flopped into a chair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

FLOP (plural FLOPs)

(computing) synonym of flop.

Etymology 1

Verb

flop (third-person singular simple present flops, present participle flopping, simple past and past participle flopped)

(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

(transitive) To cause to drop heavily.

(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).

(sports, intransitive) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)

(intransitive) To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.

(poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.

(intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.

Noun

flop (plural flops)

An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

(poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.

A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.

(slang) A flophouse.

Synonyms

• (complete failure) dud, fiasco, turkey

• (specifically in entertainment) box office bomb

Adverb

flop (not comparable)

Right, squarely, flat-out.

With a flopping sound.

Etymology 2

Noun

flop (plural flops)

(computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.

(computing) Abbreviation of floating-point operation.

Source: Wiktionary


Flop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] Etym: [A variant of flap.]

1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] Fielding.

Flop, v. i.

1. 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.

2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Flop, n.

Definition: Act of flopping. [Colloq.] W. H. Russell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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