flop
Noun · Verb · AdverbWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers“this computer can perform a million flops per second”Synonyms: floating-point operation
- someone who is unsuccessfulSynonyms: dudwashout
- a complete failure“the play was a dismal flop”Synonyms: bustfizzle
- the act of throwing yourself down“he landed on the bed with a great flop”Synonyms: collapse
Verb (3)
- fall loosely“He flopped into a chair”
- fall suddenly and abruptly
- fail utterly; collapse“The project foundered”Synonyms: fall throughfall flatfounder
Adverb (2)
- with a flopping sound“he tumbled flop into the mud”
- exactly“he fell flop on his face”Synonyms: right
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (fl[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] [A variant of flap.]
1.To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap. [1913 Webster]
2.To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. i.
1.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. [1913 Webster]
2.To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Flop \Flop\, n. Act of flopping. [Colloq.] --W. H. Russell. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
FLOP
1.An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1994-11-14)
2.Erroneous singular of FLOPS.
(2005-06-17)
The Devil's Dictionary
FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.