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The Meaning of flop

  • (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
  • (v. t.) To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
  • (n.) Act of flopping.

Synonyms

floating-point operation , dud , bust , collapse , fizzle , washout , wash , turkey , bomb , misfire , hiss , tear , bout , hissing , sibilation , binge , hushing , female chest , crash , prostration , founder , fall through , fall flat , give , fall in , break , cave in , give way , right , properly , the right way , correctly , in good order , decently , justly , powerful , right on , mightily , mighty , aright , decent

Rhymes

aesop , agitprop , atop , backdrop , backstop , barbershop , bebop , bellhop , blacktop , bookshop , bop , bopp , chop , chopp , co-op , cop , copp , countertop , crop , cropp , desktop , dopp , drop , dunlop , eavesdrop , eyedrop , fop , glop , hilltop , hop , hopeh , hopp , hoppe , jopp , kaup , kaupp , klopp , knaup , knop , knopp , kopp , koppe , kropp , laptop , lollipop , lop , malaprop , mop , mountaintop , nonstop , op , opp , paap , paape , paup , pawnshop , plop , pop , popp , poppe , prop , propp , raindrop , raup , raupp , rooftop , schaap , schopp , schoppe , schropp , sharecrop , shop , shoppe , shortstop , skop , slop , sop , staup , stop , strop , swap , swapp , sweatshop , tabletop , taupe , top , topp , treetop , tropp , tschopp , turboprop , wop , workshop , yopp