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flop
adverb
noun
verb
In a face down manner
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adverb
In a face down manner
“He fell flop on his face”
adverb
With a flopping sound
“He tumbled flop into the mud”
noun
The act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
“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”
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He fell flop on his face
He tumbled flop into the mud
He landed on the bed with a great flop
The play was a dismal flop
This computer can perform a million flops per second
He flopped into a chair
The project foundered
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