FLOP
\flˈɒp], \flˈɒp], \f_l_ˈɒ_p]\
Definitions of FLOP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
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an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
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with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
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fall suddenly and abruptly
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fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
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exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
By Princeton University
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a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
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an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
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(informal) exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
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with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
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fall suddenly and abruptly
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fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
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To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
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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.
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To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
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Act of flopping.
By Oddity Software
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To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
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To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
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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.
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To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
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Act of flopping.
By Noah Webster.
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To strike or drop heavily or with a jerk.
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To plump down; to wave back and forth, or to rise and fall, loosely and flatly.
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The sound caused by a soft flat body coming suddenly in contact with the ground.
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Suddenly.
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Flopped.
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Flopping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Suddenly.
By Daniel Lyons
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Suddenly.
By James Champlin Fernald
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