flop
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flop 1
(flŏp)v. flopped, flop·ping, flops
v.intr.
1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily: flop onto the sofa.
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.
5. Sports To exaggerate or simulate a fall after contact or near-contact with an opposing player in order to induce a referee to call a penalty; to dive.
v.tr.
1. To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily: flopped the steak onto a platter.
2. In certain poker games, to have attained (a hand) as a result of the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time: flopped a flush.
n.
1. The act of flopping.
2. The sound made when flopping.
3. Informal An utter failure.
4. In certain poker games, the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.
5. Sports An exaggerated or simulated fall after contact or near-contact with an opposing player in an attempt to induce the referee to call a penalty; a dive.
[Alteration of flap.]
flop′per n.
flop 2
(flŏp)n. Computers
Variant of flops.
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flop
(flɒp)vb, flops, flopping or 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. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (intr) to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body
5. slang (often foll by: out) to go to sleep
n
6. the act of flopping
7. informal a complete failure
8. slang US and Canadian a place to sleep
9. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics See Fosbury flop
10. (Card Games) the flop poker the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
[C17: variant of flap]
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flop
(flɒp)v. flopped, flop•ping,
n. v.i.
1. to move around in a heavy, clumsy manner.
2. to drop, fall, or turn in a heavy or negligent manner: He flopped down on the couch.
3. to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another.
4. to fail: The play flopped dismally.
5. to flap, as in the wind.
6. Informal. to sleep or be lodged.
v.t. 7. to drop with a sudden bump or thud.
8. to move or swing loosely or clumsily; flap: The buzzard flopped its wings.
9. to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a chair.
10. to invert (the negative of a photograph) so that the right and left sides are transposed.
n. 11. an act of flopping.
12. the sound of flopping; a thud.
13. a complete failure.
14. Informal. a place to sleep; temporary lodging.
[1595–1605; variant of flap]
flop′per, n.
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flop
Past participle: flopped
Gerund: flopping
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| Noun | 1. | flop - an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" computer operation, machine operation - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform |
| 2. |  flop - someone who is unsuccessful 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" failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" | |
| 4. | flop - the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction | |
| Verb | 1. | flop - fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair" |
| 2. | flop - fall suddenly and abruptly | |
| 3. | flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" | |
| Adv. | 1. | flop - with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud" |
| 2. | flop - exactly; "he fell flop on his face" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
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flop
verb
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
fail work, make it (informal), succeed, triumph, flourish, prosper, have legs (informal), make a hit
noun
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flop
verb3. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down:
4. Informal. To be unsuccessful:
Informal: fall down.
Slang: bomb.
Idioms: fail of success, fall short.
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Translations
propadákpropadnoutvlátzhroutitfiasko
flopfloppeklaskklaskelade sig falde
epäonnistuminen
fijasko
leroskadpottyanás
hlamma sérmisheppnastsem hefur misheppnastskellurslengjast
失敗
완전 실패
kadaruotinukaręsnulėpęsplestelėtišlioptelėjimas
ciest neveiksmiizgāšanāsizgāztiesneveiksmenokarāties
misslyckande
ความล้มเหลว
hỏng bét
flop
[flɒp]B. VI
1. (= fall) [person] → dejarse caer (into, on en)
2. (= fail) [play, book] → fracasar
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flop
[ˈflɒp]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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)
(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
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flop
(flop) verb – past tense, past participle flopped –1. to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily. She flopped into an armchair.
2. to hang or swing about loosely. Her hair flopped over her face.
3. (of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful. the play flopped.
noun1. (a) flopping movement.
2. a failure. The show was a complete flop.
ˈfloppy adjective tending to flop; flopping. a floppy hat.
ˌfloppy ˈdisk noun a small computer disk for storing information.
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flop
→ فَشَل propadák flop Reinfall φιάσκο fracaso epäonnistuminen fiasco fijasko fiasco 失敗 완전 실패 flop fiasko klapa fracasso провал misslyckande ความล้มเหลว fiyasko hỏng bét 失败Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009