Definition/Meaning of flop

• English - Verb: flop (third-person singular simple present flops, present participle flopping, simple past and past participle flopped) (intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy. He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work. 1846, Charles Dickens, “Lyons, the Rhone, and the Goblin of Avignon”, in Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, page 19: There was [in…
• English - Noun: flop (plural flops) A heavy, passive fall; a plop ping down. A complete failure , especially in the entertainment industry. 1979, Lou Reed, “I Want to Boogie With You”, in The Bells: Well I know your little baby sister / She thinks that I'm a flop / But I guess that you know that it's true / I spent more time at the bottom than the top The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a…
• English - Interjection: flop Indicating the sound of something flopping. 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page xx. 154: "One step. Steady. Another step. Flop ! I got him!"
• English - Adverb: flop (not comparable) (not comparable) Right, squarely , flat-out. She fell flop on the floor. (not comparable) With a flopping sound.
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Etymology 2. A variant capitalization of FLOP , a syllabic acronym of floating-point operations .