English Explanatory Dictionary

flop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
  2. To cause to drop heavily.
  3. To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
  4. To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
  5. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
  6. To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
  7. To stay, sleep or live in a place.
  8. To flip; to reverse (an image).
  9. To deny someone parole.
noun
  1. A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
  2. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
  3. The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
  4. Dung, as in cow-flop.
  5. A flophouse.
intj
  1. Indicating the sound of something flopping.
adv
  1. Right, squarely, flat-out.
  2. With a flopping sound.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of floating-point operation.
  2. One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
noun
  1. Synonym of flop.

Pronunciation

/flɒp/ /flɑp/ /flɔp/ En-au-flop.ogg

Word forms

flop flops flopping flopped

Etymology

Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound.

Synonyms

dud fiasco turkey box office bomb flop

Related words

aflop flip-flop FLOP flops

Derived words

bellyflop flop down flop for flophouse flopover flopper floppingly floppy floptastic fly and flop mop-and-flop that's the way the mop flops backflop belly flop flobber flop account flopdom flop-eared flop era flopless flopperoo flop style flop sweat Flopsy flop tube flopulist flopwing Fosbury flop kerflop postflop pre-flop preflop Rabi flop kiloflop megaflop gigaflop teraflop petaflop exaflop zettaflop yottaflop
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