flop

/flˈɑp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. fall loosely
   “He flopped into a chair”
2. fall suddenly and abruptly
3. fail utterly; collapse
   “The project foundered”

adverb

1. with a flopping sound
   “he tumbled flop into the mud”
2. exactly
   “he fell flop on his face”

noun

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”

Synonyms for flop

• fall through
• fall flat
• founder
• right
• floating-point operation
• dud
• washout
• bust
• fizzle
• collapse

Words that rhyme with flop

• drop
• stop
• top
• pop
• crop
• chop
• hop
• slop
• shop
• sop
• plop
• backstop
• bop
• nonstop
• prop
• cop
• mop
• swap
• bebop
• blacktop
• desktop
• eyedrop
• glop
• lollipop
• lop
• shortstop
• workshop
• atop
• backdrop
• barbershop