| flopped | (v.) | flop |
| flop | | |
| n. (process) | 1. floating-point operation, flop | an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers.; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" |
| ~ computer operation, machine operation | an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform. |
| n. (person) | 2. dud, flop, washout | someone who is unsuccessful. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ nonstarter, unsuccessful person, loser, failure | a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently. |
| n. (event) | 3. bust, fizzle, flop | a complete failure.; "the play was a dismal flop" |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| ~ bomb, dud, turkey | an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" |
| n. (act) | 4. collapse, flop | the act of throwing yourself down.; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" |
| ~ descent | the act of changing your location in a downward direction. |
| v. (motion) | 5. flop | fall loosely.; "He flopped into a chair" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| v. (motion) | 6. flop | fall suddenly and abruptly. |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (social) | 7. fall flat, fall through, flop, founder | fail utterly; collapse.; "The project foundered" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| adv. | 8. flop | with a flopping sound.; "he tumbled flop into the mud" |
| adv. | 9. flop, right | exactly.; "he fell flop on his face" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| housefly | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. house fly, housefly, musca domestica | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases. |
| ~ fly | two-winged insects characterized by active flight. |
| ~ genus musca, musca | type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies. |
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