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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]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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flop noun
1: an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;
"this computer can perform a million flops per second"
[syn: floating-point operation]
2: someone who is unsuccessful [syn: dud, washout]
3: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: bust]
4: the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed
with a great flop" [syn: collapse]
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verb
1: with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
2: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right]
verb
1: fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
2: fall suddenly and abruptly
3: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: fall
through, fall flat, founder]
[also: flopping, flopped]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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flopping
See flop
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Flop \Flop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped; 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.
2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
--Fielding.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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