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flops


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  flop 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  flop 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  flop 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  flop 
 
  3  senses  of  flop 
 
  Sense  1 
  flop 
  =>  collapse,  fall  in  cave  in  give  give  way  break,  founder 
 
  Sense  2 
  flop 
  =>  descend,  fall,  go  down  come  down 
 
  Sense  3 
  fall  through  fall  flat,  founder,  flop 
  =>  fail  go  wrong  miscarry 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  flop 
 
  flop  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  flop 
 
  Sense  1 
  flop 
  =>  collapse,  fall  in  cave  in  give  give  way  break,  founder 
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  Sense  2 
  flop 
  =>  descend,  fall,  go  down  come  down 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  fall  through  fall  flat,  founder,  flop 
  =>  fail  go  wrong  miscarry 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  flops 
  megaflops 
  mflops 
 
  Grep  of  noun  flop 
  belly  flop 
  flip-flop 
  flop 
  flophouse 
  floppy 
  floppy  disk 
 
  Overview  of  noun  flop 
 
  The  noun  flop  has  4  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  floating-point  operation,  flop  --  (an  arithmetic  operation  performed  on  floating-point  numbers;  "this  computer  can  perform  a  million  flops  per  second") 
  2.  flop,  dud,  washout  --  ((informal)  someone  who  is  unsuccessful) 
  3.  flop,  bust  --  (a  complete  failure;  "the  play  was  a  dismal  flop") 
  4.  flop,  collapse  --  (the  act  of  throwing  yourself  down  "he  landed  on  the  bed  with  a  great  flop") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  flop 
 
  The  verb  flop  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  flop  --  (fall  loosely;  "He  flopped  into  a  chair") 
  2.  (2)  flop  --  (fall  suddenly  and  abruptly) 
  3.  fall  through  fall  flat,  founder,  flop  --  (fail  utterly;  collapse;  "The  project  foundered") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  flop 
 
  The  noun  flop  has  4  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  floating-point  operation,  flop  --  (an  arithmetic  operation  performed  on  floating-point  numbers;  "this  computer  can  perform  a  million  flops  per  second") 
  2.  flop,  dud,  washout  --  ((informal)  someone  who  is  unsuccessful) 
  3.  flop,  bust  --  (a  complete  failure;  "the  play  was  a  dismal  flop") 
  4.  flop,  collapse  --  (the  act  of  throwing  yourself  down  "he  landed  on  the  bed  with  a  great  flop") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  flop 
 
  The  verb  flop  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  flop  --  (fall  loosely;  "He  flopped  into  a  chair") 
  2.  (2)  flop  --  (fall  suddenly  and  abruptly) 
  3.  fall  through  fall  flat,  founder,  flop  --  (fail  utterly;  collapse;  "The  project  foundered") 



flops definition