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Definition of Flop

1. Noun. An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers. "This computer can perform a million flops per second"

2. Verb. Fall loosely. "There flop some children in the rocking chair"; "He flopped into a chair"

3. Adverb. With a flopping sound. "He tumbled flop into the mud"

4. Noun. Someone who is unsuccessful.

5. Verb. Fall suddenly and abruptly.

6. Adverb. Exactly. "He fell flop on his face"

7. Noun. A complete failure. "The play was a dismal flop"

8. Verb. Fail utterly; collapse. "The business is going to flop "; "The project foundered"

9. Noun. The act of throwing yourself down. "He landed on the bed with a great flop"

Definition of Flop

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

2. v. i. 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.

3. n. Act of flopping.

Definition of Flop

1. to fall heavily and noisily [v FLOPPED, FLOPPING, FLOPS]

Medical Definition of Flop

1. 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. Origin: A variant of flap. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flop

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floosy floozie floozies floozy flop (current term) flop (current term) flophouse flophouses flopover flopovers

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