flop

flop has 14 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. t.. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
• v. t.. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
• v. i.. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.
• v. i.. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
• n.. Act of flopping.
• n.. the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
• n.. a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
• n.. someone who is unsuccessful
• n.. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
• v.. fall suddenly and abruptly
• v.. fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
• v.. fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"