Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flop \Flop\, n.
Act of flopping. [Colloq.] --W. H. Russell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flop \Flop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flopping}.] [A variant of flap.]
1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail,
etc.; to flap.
2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
--Fielding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flop \Flop\, v. i.
1. 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.
2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and
unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flop
n 1: an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;
"this computer can perform a million flops per second"
[syn: {floating-point operation}]
2: (informal) someone who is unsuccessful [syn: {dud}, {washout}]
3: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: {bust}]
4: the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed
with a great flop" [syn: {collapse}]
adv 1: with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
2: (informal) exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {right}]
v 1: fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
2: fall suddenly and abruptly
3: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall
through}, {fall flat}, {founder}]
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