flop
Meaning of flop
verb
- fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way.
his blond hair flopped over his eyes
- (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally.
the show flopped in London
- a heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it.
they hit the ground with a flop
- a total failure.
the play had been a flop
- a cheap place to sleep.
early 17th century: variant of flap.
combining form, suffix- floating-point operations per second (used as a measure of computing power).
a gigaflop computer
acronym; originally spelled -flops ( s = second) but shortened to avoid misinterpretation as plural.
Information about flop
- The plural form of flop is: flops.
- Languages in which flop is used:
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Hyphenation of flop
flop
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- flop is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flop synonyms
Meaning dud:
Meaning bust:
Meaning collapse:
Meaning fall through:
Meaning right:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning hang or swing loosely:
Meaning bend or hang downwards limply:
Meaning sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength:
Meaning (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly:
Meaning sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way:
Meaning be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal:
Meaning (especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result:
Meaning (of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust:
Meaning (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly:
Meaning (of an enterprise or organization) cease trading or operating as a result of financial problems:
Meaning fail to increase; remain static:
Meaning fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel:
Meaning lack of success:
Meaning a person or thing that is a complete failure:
Meaning a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco:
Meaning an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster:
Meaning a person who fails frequently or is generally unsuccessful in life:
Meaning a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice:
Meaning a pale yellow oval citrus fruit with thick skin and fragrant, acidic juice:
Meaning the stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace:
flop antonyms
Meaning the accomplishment of an aim or purpose:
Translation of flop
- French: tomber
- Italian: cadere
- Spanish: caerse, resbalarse
Words that rhyme with flop
gigaflop, megaflop, teraflop, flipflop, kerflop, cowflop
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