Noun
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
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"
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