flop

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I - noun

1. a complete failure
- the play was a dismal flop
• Syn:
bust, fizzle
• Derivationally related forms:
bust (for: bust)
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
turkey, bomb, dud
2. the act of throwing yourself down
- he landed on the bed with a great flop
• Syn:
collapse
• Derivationally related forms:
floppy
• Hypernyms:
descent
3. someone who is unsuccessful
• Syn:
dud, washout
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
4. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
- this computer can perform a million flops per second
• Syn:
floating-point operation
• Hypernyms:
computer operation, machine operation

II - verb

1. fall loosely (Freq. 4)
- He flopped into a chair
• Hypernyms:
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way,
break, founder
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children flop in the rocking chair
- There flop some children in the rocking chair
2. fall suddenly and abruptly (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. fail utterly;
collapse
- The project foundered
• Syn:
fall through, fall flat, founder
• Hypernyms:
fail, go wrong, miscarry
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The business is going to flop

III - adverb

1. with a flopping sound
- he tumbled flop into the mud
2. exactly
- he fell flop on his face
• Syn:
right
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  right, collapse, bust, fizzle, dud, washout, floating-point operation, fall through, fall flat, founder