Noun
the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

Noun
a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"

Noun
someone who is unsuccessful

Noun
an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"

Verb
fall suddenly and abruptly

Verb
fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"

Verb
fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

Adverb
exactly; "he fell flop on his face"

Adverb
with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"

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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.

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Flop

Flop , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] [A variant of flap.] 1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap. 2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] Fielding.

Flop

Flop , v. i. 1. 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. 2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Flop

Flop, n. Act of flopping. [Colloq.] W. H. Russell.

To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

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.

Act of flopping.