noun
- An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers.
- usage: "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
- synonyms: floating-point operation
- Someone who is unsuccessful.
- A complete failure.
- usage: "the play was a dismal flop"
- The act of throwing yourself down.
- usage: "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
- synonyms: collapse
verb
- Fall loosely.
- usage: "He flopped into a chair"
- Fall suddenly and abruptly.
- Fail utterly; collapse.
- usage: "The project foundered"
- synonyms: fall through, fall flat, founder
adverb
- With a flopping sound.
- usage: "he tumbled flop into the mud"
- Exactly.
- usage: "he fell flop on his face"
- synonyms: right
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