Synonyms for flop
flɒpflop

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1. floating-point operation, flopnoun

   an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

   "this computer can perform a million flops per second"

   Synonyms:
   floating-point operation, dud, bust, collapse, fizzle, washout

2. flop, dud, washoutnoun

   someone who is unsuccessful

   Synonyms:
   floating-point operation, dud, wash, turkey, bust, washout, bomb, collapse, fizzle, misfire

3. flop, bust, fizzlenoun

   a complete failure

   "the play was a dismal flop"

   Synonyms:
   hiss, floating-point operation, dud, tear, bout, hissing, bust, washout, sibilation, collapse, binge, fizzle, hushing, female chest

4. flop, collapseverb

   the act of throwing yourself down

   "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

   Synonyms:
   floating-point operation, dud, bust, washout, collapse, fizzle, crash, prostration

5. flopverb

   fall loosely

   "He flopped into a chair"

   Synonyms:
   founder, fall through, fall flat

6. flopverb

   fall suddenly and abruptly

   Synonyms:
   founder, fall through, fall flat

7. fall through, fall flat, founder, flopadverb

   fail utterly; collapse

   "The project foundered"

   Synonyms:
   fall through, give, fall flat, founder, collapse, fall in, break, cave in, give way

8. flopadverb

   with a flopping sound

   "he tumbled flop into the mud"

   Synonyms:
   right

9. right, flopadverb

   exactly

   "he fell flop on his face"

   Synonyms:
   properly, the right way, correctly, in good order, decently, justly, powerful, right, right on, mightily, mighty, aright, decent

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Computer Operation
   • Failure
   • Fall

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "flop":

   fiasco, failure, bust

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How to use flop in a sentence?

1. Norihiro Fujito:

   Abe's speech sparked speculation that he won't be sitting idly to let the economy flop. Investors thought there will be a rebooting of Abenomics.

2. David Poland:

   What was a lock (for Oscar success) before, feels less so now, if there is a relentless flop conversation about the movie in coming weeks, it will hurt more and more in terms of awards season because people don't really give awards to flops.

3. Joe Pounder:

   Another day, another flip-flop from Sen. Ted Cruz, only a few months ago, Sen. Cruz used his opposition to the Renewable Fuel Standard calling for it to be phased out before 2022 as a prime example of him not being a career politician. Today, he changed his position.

4. Vern Roberts:

   I tried to get away, i tried to ‘stop, drop and roll,’ did all kinds of ‘protect me things,’ but it kept overwhelming and basically knocking me down. I would stagger and fall and flop around, all sorts of things.

5. Charlotte Devitz:

   At the time I wasn't really familiar with the term. We just called it' flop' behavior, i thought it was super cute. For a long time I tried to find published articles on what this behavior was, but I didn't have a lot of success.