Flopping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flopped} (fl[o^]pt);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Flopping}.] [A variant of flap.]
     1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail,
        etc.; to flap.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
        --Fielding.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flop
       n 1: an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;
            "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
            [syn: {floating-point operation}]
       2: someone who is unsuccessful [syn: {dud}, {washout}]
       3: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: {bust}]
       4: the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed
          with a great flop" [syn: {collapse}]
       adv 1: with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
       2: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {right}]
       v 1: fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
       2: fall suddenly and abruptly
       3: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall
          through}, {fall flat}, {founder}]
       [also: {flopping}, {flopped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flopping
       See {flop}