flop
f lop
- n an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
this computer can perform a million flops per second - n someone who is unsuccessful
- n a complete failure
the play was a dismal flop - n the act of throwing yourself down
he landed on the bed with a great flop - v fall loosely
He flopped into a chair - v fall suddenly and abruptly
- v fail utterly; collapse
- r with a flopping sound
he tumbled flop into the mud - r exactly
he fell flop on his face
- It's hard to remember now, but there was once a time when "flip-flop" was not the scarlet letter of presidential politics.
- Why the Narnia films hit while The Golden Compass flopped.
- Cultural critics speculated that the car was a flop because the vertical grill looked like a vagina.