FLOP (flopped, flopping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does flop mean?
• FLOP (noun)
The noun FLOP has 4 senses:
1. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
2. someone who is unsuccessful
3. a complete failure
4. the act of throwing yourself down
Familiarity information: FLOP used as a noun is uncommon.
• FLOP (verb)
The verb FLOP has 3 senses:
1. fall loosely
2. fall suddenly and abruptly
3. fail utterly; collapse
Familiarity information: FLOP used as a verb is uncommon.
• FLOP (adverb)
The adverb FLOP has 2 senses:
1. with a flopping sound
2. exactly
Familiarity information: FLOP used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLOP (noun)
Meaning:
An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
flop; floating-point operation
Context example:
this computer can perform a million flops per second
Hypernyms ("flop" is a kind of...):
computer operation; machine operation (an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform)
Meaning:
Someone who is unsuccessful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dud; flop; washout
Hypernyms ("flop" is a kind of...):
failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
A complete failure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
bust; fizzle; flop
Context example:
the play was a dismal flop
Hypernyms ("flop" is a kind of...):
failure (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flop"):
bomb; dud; turkey (an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual)
Meaning:
The act of throwing yourself down
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
collapse; flop
Context example:
he landed on the bed with a great flop
Hypernyms ("flop" is a kind of...):
descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
• FLOP (verb)
Meaning:
Fall loosely
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He flopped into a chair
Hypernyms (to "flop" is one way to...):
break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
The children flop in the rocking chair
There flop some children in the rocking chair
Meaning:
Fall suddenly and abruptly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "flop" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Fail utterly; collapse
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
fall flat; fall through; founder; flop
Context example:
The project foundered
Hypernyms (to "flop" is one way to...):
fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The business is going to flop
• FLOP (adverb)
Meaning:
With a flopping sound
Context example:
he tumbled flop into the mud
Meaning:
Exactly
Synonyms:
flop; right
Context example:
he fell flop on his face
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
