flop
adverb
1. with a flopping sound
- he tumbled flop into the mud
2. exactly
- he fell flop on his face
Similar word(s): right
noun
1. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- this computer can perform a million flops per second
Definition categories: process
2. someone who is unsuccessful
Definition categories: person, failure, loser, nonstarter
3. a complete failure
- the play was a dismal flop
Definition categories: event, failure
4. the act of throwing yourself down
- he landed on the bed with a great flop
Similar word(s): collapse
verb
1. fall loosely
- He flopped into a chair
Definition categories: motion, break, collapse, founder, give
2. fall suddenly and abruptly
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
3. fail utterly; collapse
Similar word(s): founder
Definition categories: social, fail, miscarry
Sentences with flop as a verb:
- The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
- It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
- While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.
- The brim of a hat flops.