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Definitions for Flops

[1] a measure of computer speed, equal to the number of floating-point operations the computer can perform per second (used especially in combination with mega-, giga-, tera- ).
[2] to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down ): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
[3] to change suddenly, as from one side or party to another (often followed by over ).
[4] to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.
[5] Informal . to sleep or be lodged: to flop at a friend's house.
[6] to swing loosely; bounce; flap: His long hair flops in his eyes when he runs.
[7] to drop with a sudden bump or thud: He flopped his books on a chair.
[8] to dispose (oneself) in a heavily negligent manner: to flop oneself in a chair.
[9] to invert (the negative of a photograph) so that the right and left sides are transposed.
[10] an act of flopping.
[11] the sound of flopping; a thud.
[12] a failure: The new comedy was a flop.
[13] Informal . a place to sleep; temporary lodging: The mission offered a flop and a free breakfast.
[14] floating-point operations per second: used as a measure of computer processing power (in combination with a prefix) megaflops ; gigaflops
[15] (intr) to bend, fall, or collapse loosely or carelessly his head flopped backwards
[16] (when intr, often foll by into, onto, etc ) to fall, cause to fall, or move with a sudden noise the books flopped onto the floor
[17] (intr) informal to fail; be unsuccessful the scheme flopped
[18] (intr) to fall flat onto the surface of water, hitting it with the front of the body
[19] (intr often foll by out ) slang to go to sleep
[20] the act of flopping
[21] informal a complete failure
[22] US and Canadian slang a place to sleep
[23] athletics See Fosbury flop
[24] the flop poker the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em

Words related to Flops

disaster, dud, bust, debacle, fiasco, washout, jerk, tumble, dangle, sag, flounder, stagger, wiggle, flutter, fold, misfire, miscarriage, lemon, bomb, loser

Words nearby Flops

flopover, flopperoo, floppers, floppy, floppy disk, flops, floptical disk, flor-, flor., flora, floral

Origin of Flops

1595–1605; 1890–95 for def 11 ; variant of flap

Other words from Flops

flop·per , noun

Word origin for Flops

C17: variant of flap

Synonyms for Flops

bust, debacle, disaster, dud, fiasco, washout, bomb, lemon, loser, miscarriage, nonstarter