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flop
noun
1 flop
An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers:
— This computer can perform a million flops per second.
synonym: floating-point operation.
2 flop
Someone who is unsuccessful.
synonyms: dud, washout.
3 flop
A complete failure:
— The play was a dismal flop.
synonyms: bust, fizzle.
Dutch: sisser, afgang, drol, blamage, oneer, schande
4 flop
The act of throwing yourself down:
— He landed on the bed with a great flop.
synonym: collapse.
verb
1 flop
Fall loosely.
Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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2 flop
Fall suddenly and abruptly.
3 flop
adverb
1 flop
2 flop
Exactly:
— He fell flop on his face.
synonym: right.
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