flop

Meaning of flop

verb
  1. fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way.
    his blond hair flopped over his eyes
  2. (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally.
    the show flopped in London
noun
  1. a heavy, loose, and ungainly movement, or a sound made by it.
    they hit the ground with a flop
  2. a total failure.
    the play had been a flop
  3. a cheap place to sleep.

early 17th century: variant of flap.

combining form, suffix
  1. 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

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:

dud, washout

Meaning bust:

bust, fizzle

Meaning collapse:

collapse

Meaning fall through:

founder

Meaning right:

right

Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:

drop

Meaning hang or swing loosely:

dangle

Meaning bend or hang downwards limply:

droop

Meaning sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength:

sag

Meaning (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly:

flap

Meaning sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way:

loll

Meaning be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal:

fail

Meaning (especially of a plan) fail to produce the intended result:

misfire

Meaning (of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust:

backfire

Meaning (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly:

bomb

Meaning (of an enterprise or organization) cease trading or operating as a result of financial problems:

fold

Meaning fail to increase; remain static:

flatline

Meaning fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel:

tank

Meaning lack of success:

failure

Meaning a person or thing that is a complete failure:

disaster

Meaning a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco:

debacle

Meaning an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster:

catastrophe

Meaning a person who fails frequently or is generally unsuccessful in life:

loser

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:

dog

Meaning a pale yellow oval citrus fruit with thick skin and fragrant, acidic juice:

lemon

Meaning the stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace:

clinker

flop antonyms

Meaning the accomplishment of an aim or purpose:

success

Translation of flop

Words that rhyme with flop

gigaflop, megaflop, teraflop, flipflop, kerflop, cowflop

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