flop

nouns

an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

"this computer can perform a million flops per second"

floating-point operation, flop

someone who is unsuccessful

dud, flop, washout

a complete failure

"the play was a dismal flop"

bust, fizzle, flop

the act of throwing yourself down

"he landed on the bed with a great flop"

collapse, flop

is derived from

floppy

verbs

fall loosely

"He flopped into a chair"

flop

is a type of (narrower)

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"

break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way

fall suddenly and abruptly

flop

is a type of (narrower)

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"

come down, descend, fall, go down

fail utterly; collapse

"The project foundered"

fall flat, fall through, flop, founder

adverbs

with a flopping sound

"he tumbled flop into the mud"

flop

exactly

"he fell flop on his face"

flop, right