Definitions of Flop [ɒp]

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Definition of 'Flop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) flop
to move around in a heavy, clumsy manner.

2.  flop
to drop, fall, or turn in a heavy or negligent manner:
He flopped down on the couch.

3.  flop
to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another.

4.  flop
to fail:
The play flopped dismally.

5.  flop
to flap, as in the wind.

6.  flop
Informal. to sleep or be lodged.

7. (v.t.) flop
to drop with a sudden bump or thud.

8.  flop
to move or swing loosely or clumsily; flap:
The buzzard flopped its wings.

9.  flop
to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner:
to flop oneself in a chair.

10.  flop
to invert (the negative of a photograph) so that the right and left sides are transposed.

11. (n.) flop
an act of flopping.

12.  flop
the sound of flopping; a thud.

13.  flop
a complete failure.

14.  flop
Informal. a place to sleep; temporary lodging.

Etymology: (1595–1605; var. of flap)

Definition of 'Flop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) floating-point operation, flop
an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
"this computer can perform a million flops per second"

2. (noun) flop, dud, washout
someone who is unsuccessful

3. (noun) flop, bust, fizzle
a complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"

4. (verb) flop, collapse
the act of throwing yourself down
"he landed on the bed with a great flop"

5. (verb) flop
fall loosely
"He flopped into a chair"

6. (verb) flop
fall suddenly and abruptly

7. (adverb) fall through, fall flat, founder, flop
fail utterly; collapse
"The project foundered"

8. (adverb) flop
with a flopping sound
"he tumbled flop into the mud"

9. (adverb) right, flop
exactly
"he fell flop on his face"

Definition of 'Flop'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Flop
act of flopping

2. (verb) Flop
to clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap

3. (verb) Flop
to turn suddenly, as something broad and flat

4. (verb) Flop
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

5. (verb) Flop
to fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground

Translation of 'Flop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily She flopped into an armchair.
Afrikaans: neerplof; neerval	Arabic: يَرْتَمي، يَتَساقَط	Bulgarian: цопвам
Brazilian: jogar-se	Czech: praštit sebou	German: plumpsen
Danish: lade sig falde; dumpe	Greek: σωριάζομαι ξαφνικά	Spanish: tumbarse, dejarse caer
Estonian: potsatama	Farsi: تلپی افتادن	Finnish: lysähtää
French: (s')affaler	Hebrew: לִפּוֹל בִּכבֵדוּת	Hindi: फड़फड़ाना
Croatian: pasti, naglo sjesti	Hungarian: leroskad	Indonesian: terperenyak
Icelandic: hlamma sér	Italian: buttarsi, lasciarsi cader	Japanese: ぱたりと倒れる
Korean: 쿵 쓰러지다(떨어지다)	Lithuanian: šlioptelėti, plestelėti	Latvian: smagi nokrist/nomest; nop
Malay: terperenyuk	Dutch: ploffen	Norwegian: plaske, slenge seg ned i,
Polish: klapnąć	Persian: تلپی افتادن	Pashto: نګوښېدل، ګوډ ګوډ تلل، درو
Portuguese: jogar-se	Romanian: a se trânti	Russian: плюхаться
Slovak: hodiť sa	Slovenian: sesesti se	Serbian: skljokati se
Swedish: sätta sig med en duns, sl	Thai: ล้มตัวลง	Turkish: çöküvermek, yığılmak
Taiwanese: 猛然跌倒或坐下	Ukrainian: гепнутися	Urdu: اچانک زور سے گر پڑنا
Vietnamese: nằm xoài ra; ngồi phịch x	Chinese: 猛然跌倒或坐下
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