Meaning & Definition of Flop in English

1. An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

• "This computer can perform a million flops per second"

2. Someone who is unsuccessful

3. A complete failure

• "The play was a dismal flop"

4. The act of throwing yourself down

• "He landed on the bed with a great flop"

1. Fall loosely

• "He flopped into a chair"

2. Fall suddenly and abruptly

3. Fail utterly

• Collapse

• "The project foundered"

1. With a flopping sound

• "He tumbled flop into the mud"

2. Exactly

• "He fell flop on his face"