SkyfireDict

flop   (TTS Sound)

The noun flop has 4 senses

• floating-point operation, flop -- (an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second")


• flop, dud, washout -- (someone who is unsuccessful)


• flop, bust, fizzle -- (a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop")


• flop, collapse -- (the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop")

The verb flop has 3 senses

• flop -- (fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair")


• flop -- (fall suddenly and abruptly)


• fall through, fall flat, founder, flop -- (fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered")

The adv flop has 2 senses

• flop -- (with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud")


• right, flop -- (exactly; "he fell flop on his face")