flop

/flop/
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flop

He fell flop on his face into a soft mud puddle.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To fall, move, or sit down heavily and with a loose, relaxed motion: This is the core meaning, describing a sudden, uncontrolled, and often noisy movement.
    • To fail completely: Used informally to describe a total lack of success, especially for a product, performance, or plan.

  2. Noun:

    • A heavy, loose, or sudden fall or movement: The act or sound of something flopping.
    • A complete failure: An event, show, or product that is unsuccessful.

  3. Adverb:

    • With a heavy, sudden motion and sound: Describes the manner of falling or moving in a flop.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (to fall/move heavily):

    • He was so tired he just flopped onto the sofa.
    • The fish flopped on the deck after being caught.

  • Verb (to fail):

    • Despite high hopes, the new restaurant flopped and closed after three months.
    • The movie flopped at the box office.

  • Noun (a fall/movement):

    • She sat down on the bed with a flop.
    • The flop of the wet rag on the floor was loud.

  • Noun (a failure):

    • The product launch was a total flop; nobody bought it.
    • Critics called the play a flop.

  • Adverb:

    • He fell flop on his face.
    • The book landed flop on the table.
Advanced Usage and Specialized Meanings
  • Computing (FLOPS): An acronym for Floating-Point Operations Per Second, a measure of a computer's processing speed. This is a specialized, technical use.
    • This supercomputer can perform over a petaflop. (Note: Here, 'flop' is part of the acronym FLOPS).
Variants and Related Words
  • Floppy (adj): Soft and loose; not firm. Often describes something that hangs or moves loosely.
    • The dog has floppy ears.
  • Flop house (n, informal): A very cheap, low-quality hotel. (This is a compound word listed separately as per instructions).
Synonyms
  • Verb (fall): Collapse, slump, tumble.
  • Verb (fail): Fail, founder, bomb (informal).
  • Noun (failure): Failure, disaster, fiasco, dud (informal).
Related Phrasal Verbs / Collocations
  • Flop down: To sit or lie down heavily and without ceremony.
    • After work, I just flop down in front of the TV.
  • Flop over: To fall or bend over loosely.
    • The flower stem flopped over in the vase.
Related Idioms
  • A belly flop: A dive into water where the front of the body hits the surface flat, causing a painful slap. Often used metaphorically for an embarrassing failure.
    • His attempt at a joke was a complete belly flop.
flop

He fell flop on his face into a soft mud puddle.

Adverb
  1. exactly
    • he fell flop on his face
  2. with a flopping sound
    • he tumbled flop into the mud
Noun
  1. the act of throwing yourself down
    • he landed on the bed with a great flop
  2. a complete failure
    • the play was a dismal flop
  3. someone who is unsuccessful
  4. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
    • this computer can perform a million flops per second
Verb
  1. fail utterly; collapse
    • The project foundered
  2. fall suddenly and abruptly
  3. fall loosely
    • He flopped into a chair

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