flopping

v. fall heavily, fall with a thud; plunk down; flap back and forth; fail (Slang)

Noun
1. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
(synonym) floating-point operation
(hypernym) computer operation, machine operation
2. someone who is unsuccessful
(synonym) dud, washout
(hypernym) failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person
(classification) colloquialism
3. a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
(synonym) bust
(hypernym) failure
(hyponym) turkey, bomb, dud
(derivation) fall through, fall flat, founder
4. the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
(synonym) collapse
(hypernym) descent
Verb
1. fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
(hypernym) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
(derivation) collapse
2. fall suddenly and abruptly
(hypernym) descend, fall, go down, come down
3. fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
(synonym) fall through, fall flat, founder
(hypernym) fail, go wrong, miscarry
(derivation) bust
Adverb
1. with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
2. exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
(synonym) right
(classification) colloquialism

1. An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1994-11-14)
2. Erroneous singular of FLOPS.

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