flop

Meaning

Verb

1. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
2. To cause to drop heavily.
3. (informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
4. To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
5. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
6. To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
7. (slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
8. To flip; to reverse (an image).
9. (slang) To deny someone parole.

Noun

1. A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
2. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
3. The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
4. A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
5. (slang) A flophouse.

Intj

Indicating the sound of something flopping.

Adv

1. Right, squarely, flat-out.
2. With a flopping sound.

Noun

1. One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
2. Abbreviation of floating-point operation.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɒp/

Etymology

Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound

Sentences

The show was a flop from the very start .