Flop

Verb

 * 1) To fall heavily, because lacking energy.
 * He flopped down in front of the television as he was exhausted from work.
 * 1) To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).

Derived terms

 * flophouse
 * flopover


 * flopper
 * floppy

Noun

 * 1) An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
 * 2) A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
 * 3)  The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
 * 4) A place to stay, sleep or live. See flophouse
 * 5) A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.

Synonyms

 * (complete failure) dud, fiasco, turkey
 * (specifically in entertainment) box office bomb

Adverb

 * 1) Right, squarely, flat-out.
 * 2) With a flopping sound.

Related terms

 * flip-flop

Noun

 * 1)  A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.

Derived terms

 * megaflop
 * gigaflop


 * teraflop

Thesaurus
also-ran, alter, ameliorate, antimasque, audience success, bag, ballet, bang, bankrupt, be a gas, be a hit, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, beat, beating, bed, bicker, bill, bomb, bottom out, break, broadcast drama, bump, burlesque show, burst, bust, cascade, cave, cave in, change, charade, checker, chop, chop and change, clanger, clap, clash, cliff hanger, closet drama, collapse, come about, come around, come round, come to naught, come to nothing, comedy drama, crack, crap out, crash, crawl in, critical success, cropper, crump, culbute, daggle, dance, dangle, daytime serial, debacle, decline, degenerate, depend, deteriorate, deviate, dialogue, disaster, dive, diverge, diversify, documentary drama, doss down, drabble, drag, draggle, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dramatize, drape, draw a blank, droop, drop a bomb, drop down, drop the ball, dud, dull thud, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, experimental theater, extravaganza, fail, failure, fall, fall down, fall flat, false alarm, fan, feature, fiasco, fizzle, flap, flat failure, flick, flicker, flip, flit, flitter, flop down, floperoo, flow, flummox, flump, flump down, flutter, fold, fold up, forced landing, founder, frost, gasser, get left, give way, giveaway, go down, go pitapat, gutter, hang, hang down, happening, haul around, header, headline, hit, hit show, hit the hay, hit the sack, improve, improvisational drama, jibe, kip down, knock, lapse, lay an egg, legitimate drama, lemon, lop, lose out, loser, lower, make a hit, masque, meliorate, melodrama, melodramatize, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, mitigate, modulate, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, mount, music drama, musical revue, mutate, mystery, mystery play, nod, not hack it, not make it, open, open a show, opera, pageant, palpitate, palpitation, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, pend, piece, pile in, pitapat, pitter-patter, play, playlet, plop, plop down, plump, plunge, pratfall, premiere, present, preview, problem play, produce, psychodrama, pulse, put on, quiver, quiz show, radio drama, rap, report, review, revive, revue, roll in, sack out, sack up, sag, scenarize, sensational play, serial, set, set the stage, settle, settle down, shake, shift, show, sink, sink down, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, slam, slap, slat, slouch, slump, slump down, smack, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, spill, splat, splutter, sprawl, sputter, stage, stage play, stage show, star, straight drama, strike out, stumble, submerge, subside, succeed, success, suspense drama, swag, swap, swerve, swing, tableau, tableau vivant, tack, take a turn, take the count, talk show, tap, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, theatricalize, throb, thwack, topple, total loss, total theater, trail, trip, try out, tumble, turkey, turn, turn aside, turn in, turn into, turn the corner, undergo a change, variety show, vary, vaudeville, vaudeville show, veer, vehicle, warp, wash out, washout, wave, waver, weep, whack, wham, whap, whiff, whomp, whop, word-of-mouth success, work, worsen