flop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
    floating-point operation.
    • this computer can perform a million flops per second
  2. noun someone who is unsuccessful
    washout; dud.
  3. noun a complete failure
    fizzle; bust.
    • the play was a dismal flop
  4. noun the act of throwing yourself down
    collapse.
    • he landed on the bed with a great flop
  5. verb fall loosely
    • He flopped into a chair
  6. verb fall suddenly and abruptly
  7. verb fail utterly; collapse
    founder; fall through; fall flat.
    • The project foundered
  8. adverb with a flopping sound
    • he tumbled flop into the mud
  9. adverb exactly
    right.
    • he fell flop on his face

WordNet

Flop transitive verb
Etymology
A variant of flap.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Flopped ; present participle & verbal noun Flopping
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  1. Act of flopping. Colloq. W. H. Russell.

Webster 1913