FLOP

FLOP

abbr.

Computer Science floating-point operation

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flop  (flp)

v. flopped, flop·ping, flops

v.intr.

1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily.

2. To move about loosely or limply: The dog's ears flopped when it ran.

3. Informal To fail utterly: The play flopped.

4. Slang

a. To rest idly; lounge.

b. To go to bed.

v.tr.

To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily: flopped the steak onto a platter.

n.

1. The act of flopping.

2. The sound made when flopping.

3. Informal An utter failure.

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[Alteration of flap.]

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flopper n.

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flop [flɒp]

vb flops, flopping, flopped

1. (intr) to bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelessly his head flopped backwards

2. (when intr, often foll by into, onto, etc) to fall, cause to fall, or move with a sudden noise the books flopped onto the floor

3. (intr) Informal to fail; be unsuccessful the scheme flopped

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (intr) to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body

5. (intr; often followed by out) Slang to go to sleep

n

1. the act of flopping

2. Informal a complete failure

3. US and Canadian slang a place to sleep

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) Athletics See Fosbury flop

[variant of flap]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flop - an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" floating-point operation computer operation, machine operation - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
	2.	flop - someone who is unsuccessful           dud, washout colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure - a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
	3.	flop - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" bust, fizzle failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" bomb, dud, turkey - an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
	4.	flop - the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" collapse descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Verb	1.	flop - fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair" cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
	2.	flop - fall suddenly and abruptly come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
	3.	flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" fall flat, fall through, founder go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
Adv.	1.	flop - with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
	2.	flop - exactly; "he fell flop on his face" right colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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flop

verb

1. slump, fall, drop, collapse, sink, tumble, topple She flopped, exhausted, on to a sofa.

2. hang down, hang, dangle, sag, droop, hang limply His hair flopped over his left eye.

3. (Informal) fail, close, bomb (U.S. & Canad. slang), fold (informal), founder, fall short, fall flat, come to nothing, come unstuck, misfire, go belly-up (slang), go down like a lead balloon (informal) The film flopped badly at the box office.
fail work, make it (informal), succeed, triumph, flourish, prosper, have legs (informal), make a hit

noun

(Informal) failure, disaster, loser, fiasco, debacle, washout (informal), cockup (Brit. slang), nonstarter The public decide whether a film is a hit or a flop.
failure hit, success, triumph

Translations

flop [flɒp]

A. N (= failure) → fracaso m
the film was a flop → la película fue un fracaso

B. VI

1. (= fall) [person] → dejarse caer (into, on en)

2. (= fail) [play, book] → fracasar

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flop [ˈflɒp]

n (= failure) → fiasco m
The film was a flop → Le film a été un fiasco.

vi

(= fail) → faire un four

(= fall) → tomber
to flop into a chair [tired person] → s'affaler dans un fauteuil

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flop

vi

(person: = collapse) → sich fallen lassen; (heavily) → sich hinplumpsen lassen (inf); she flopped into an armchair/onto the bed → sie ließ sich in einen Sessel/aufs Bett plumpsen (inf); let’s flop now (inf) → komm, wir hauen uns in die Falle (inf)

(thing: = fall) → fallen; (heavily) → plumpsen

(inf: = fail) (scheme, plan) → fehlschlagen, ein Reinfall nt → sein (inf); (play, book) → durchfallen; the show flopped completely → die Show war ein totaler Reinfall; he flopped as Hamlet → als Hamlet war er ein Reinfall

n

(inf: = failure) → Reinfall m, → Flop m (inf); a disastrous flop → ein totaler Reinfall

(= movement) → Plumps m ? bellyflop

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flop [flɒp]

1. n (fam) (failure) → fiasco

2. vi

a. (person) to flop (into/on) → lasciarsi cadere (in/su)

b. (fam) (play) → far fiasco; (scheme) → fallire

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flop

v flop [flop]

1 to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily She flopped into an armchair. neerplof; neerval يَرْتَمي، يَتَساقَط цопвам praštit sebou lade sig falde; dumpe plumpsen σωριάζομαι ξαφνικά tumbarse, dejarse caer potsatama تلپی افتادن lysähtää (s')affaler לִפּוֹל בִּכבֵדוּת फड़फड़ाना pasti, naglo sjesti leroskad terperenyak hlamma sér buttarsi, lasciarsi cadere ぱたりと倒れる 쿵 쓰러지다(떨어지다) šlioptelėti, plestelėti smagi nokrist/nomest; noplakšķēt terperenyuk ploffen plaske, slenge seg ned i, ramle klapnąć jogar-se a se trânti плюхаться hodiť sa sesesti se skljokati se sätta sig med en duns, slänga sig ล้มตัวลง çöküvermek, yığılmak 猛然跌倒或坐下 гепнутися اچانک زور سے گر پڑنا nằm xoài ra; ngồi phịch xuống 猛然跌倒或坐下

2 to hang or swing about loosely Her hair flopped over her face. geval يَتَدَلّى падам vlát klaske flattern πέφτω, κρέμομαι ανάλαφρα caer kõlkuma تکان خوردن roikkua flotter לְפַרפֵּר थक कर बैठ जाना padati slobodno (kosa) lelóg menggantung slengjast ricadere ぱたぱたする 늘어져서 흔들거리다 kadaruoti, tabaluoti nokarāties menggantung hangen flagre, flakse zwisać cair a flutura свисать viať frfotati lepršati hänga och slänga, flaxa สะบัดไปมา; แกว่งไปมา dökülmek, düşmek 簌簌下垂 тріпотіти لہرانا lủng lẳng 簌簌下垂

3 (of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful the play flopped. was 'n volslae mislukking يَفْشَل провалям се propadnout floppe; være en fiasko danebengehen έχω αποτυχία fracasar läbi kukkuma ناموفق بودن epäonnistua faire un flop לְהִיכָּשֵׁל असफल होना pretrpjeti potpun neuspjeh megbukik gagal misheppnast fare fiasco 失敗する (연극 등이) 실패하다 nepavykti, sužlugti ciest neveiksmi; izgāzties gagal mislukken gjøre fiasko, falle med et brak zrobić klapę fracassar a suferi un eşec провалиться prepadnúť izjaloviti se, propasti doživeti debakl floppa, göra fiasko พลาด; ล้มเหลว tutulmamak, tutmamak (戲劇的)失敗 провалитися نا کامیاب ہونا không thành công （戏剧的）失败

n

1 (a) flopping movement. swaaiende beweging هُبوط، سُقوط цопване pád plask; klask der Plumps απότομο πέσιμο, γδούπος caída potsatus حرکت به بالا و پایین lysähdys chute פּרפּוּר फड़फड़ težak pad, bucan udarac pottyanás gerakan jatuh skellur tonfo ぱたりと倒れること 펄썩(털썩) 떨어짐(쓰러짐) šlioptelėjimas smags kritiens; plakšķis gerakan jatuh plof plask, klask, dunk klapnięcie baque cădere шлепок pád padec pad flaxande, duns, plums การเคลื่อนไหวที่กระโดดไปมา sallanma, sarkma 跳動 шльопання, ляскання ڈھلملانا cử động rơi phịch hoặc tiếng rơi thịch 跳动

2 a failure The show was a complete flop. volslae mislukking فَشَل، إخْفاق провал fiasko, propadák flop; fiasko die Pleite αποτυχία, φιάσκο fracaso läbikukkumine شکست epäonnistuminen flop כִּשָלוֹן विफलता neuspjeh bukás kegagalan sem hefur misheppnast fiasco 失敗 실패 nesėkmė, sužlugimas neveiksme; izgāšanās kegagalan mislukking fiasko klapa fiasco fiasco провал fiasko polom neuspeh flopp, fiasko ความล้มเหลว başarısızlık, fiyasko 失敗 фіаско نا کامیابی thất bại hoàn toàn 失败

adj floppy

tending to flop; flopping a floppy hat. slap; pap;slaprandhoed مُتَدَلِّ، هابِط увиснал měkký; poddajný slasket; slatten schlaff χαλαρός, μαλακός blando, que se cae lotendav آویزان؛ شل و ول veltto flasque תָּלוּי בְּרִפיוֹן नरम mekan, obješena oboda laza, lógó lemas linur, tuskulegur floscio ぱたぱたしやすい 펄럭이는 nukaręs, nulėpęs nokāries tergantung slap slasket, slapp, løsthengende miękki, sflaczały caído moale обвислый so širokým zvlneným okrajom ohlapen savitljiv flaxande, slokig มีแนวโน้มว่าจะห้อย; ล้มลง sarkık, bol 下垂的, 邋遢的 такий, що вільно звисає ڈانوا ڈول mềm và dẻo 下垂的, 邋遢的

n floppy ˈdisk

a small computer disk for storing information. slapskyf لَيِّن، لَدِن дискета disketa floppydisk; diskette der Floppylaufwerk δισκέτα Η/Υ disquete flopi فلاپی levyke disquette תַקלִיטוֹר फ्लॉपी डिस्क disketa flopi, hajlékonylemez disket floppy disk, dischetto フロッピーディスク 플로피 디스크 diskelis diskete disket floppydisk, diskette diskett dyskietka dischetă гибкий диск pružný disk, disketa disketa disketa diskett ดิสเกต disket 軟碟片 флопі-диск معلومات کو بھرنے کی مقناطیسی قرص đĩa mềm 软盘

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FLOP → فندق رخيص propadák flop Reinfall φιάσκο fracaso epäonnistuminen fiasco fijasko fiasco 失敗 완전 실패 smak fiasko klapa fracasso провал misslyckande ความล้มเหลว fiyasko hỏng bét 砰然落下