Associations to the word «Flop»

Wiktionary

FLOP, verb. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
FLOP, verb. To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).
FLOP, verb. (sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
FLOP, verb. 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.
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. (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a 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, adverb. Right, squarely, flat-out.
FLOP, adverb. With a flopping sound.
FLOP, noun. (computing) A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.
FLOP, noun. (computing) floating point operation.
FLOP STYLE, noun. (athletics) Fosbury flop, a high jump technique.
FLOP SWEAT, noun. Sweat due to nervousness, especially fear of failure.
FLOP SWEAT, noun. Panic or anxiety about possible failure.

Dictionary definition

FLOP, noun. An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second".
FLOP, noun. Someone who is unsuccessful.
FLOP, noun. A complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop".
FLOP, noun. The act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop".
FLOP, verb. Fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair".
FLOP, verb. Fall suddenly and abruptly.
FLOP, verb. Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered".
FLOP, adverb. With a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud".
FLOP, adverb. Exactly; "he fell flop on his face".

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