flop
flop
flɑp
flaap
/flˈɒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "flop"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒāϤāύ

to fall or collapse suddenly and heavily, either intentionally or unintentionally
Intransitive: to flop onto a surface | to flop into a seat
to flop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tired child flopped onto the bed after a day of playing, instantly falling asleep.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇

(of a play, motion picture, or new product) to fail to be of any success or produce the intended effect
Intransitive
to flop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ambitious film, with its star-studded cast, unexpectedly flopped at the box office.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻāχ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to move in a loose, uncontrolled, or erratic manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The kite began to flop in the strong wind, making it difficult for the child to control.
āĻĒāϤāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϟāϞāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to throw something down heavily or carelessly
Transitive: to flop sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tired child flopped their backpack on the floor as soon as they entered the house.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

the action of dropping or throwing oneself down heavily or suddenly

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gymnast 's flop onto the mat was intentional.
02

something that fails completely or is unsuccessful

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His business venture turned out to be a flop.
03

a person who fails at an endeavor or is generally unsuccessful

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many startups have founders who turn out to be flops.
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an arithmetic calculation involving floating-point numbers in computing

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Optimizing algorithms can reduce the number of flops needed.
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(in poker) the second betting round where three community cards are dealt face-up

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flop revealed a pair of kings and a ten.
01

in a manner that produces a heavy, sudden, or soft thudding noise

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tossed the bag flop onto the sofa.
02

in a precise or direct manner

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She placed the vase flop on the marked spot.
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