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, flop, fizzle, washout

2. flop, dud, washoutnoun

   someone who is unsuccessful

   Synonyms:
   flop, 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:
   flop, 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:
   flop, 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:
   flop, 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, flop, 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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1. Kailey Gray:

   A lot of young people are turned off by politicians because they don't exactly tell the truth all the time and flip flop around the issues, you can just kind of tell when someone isn't sincere, but Bernie's been saying the same thing for decades and he doesn't sway on the issues. He really knows what's right and sticks to what he believes in even if it's not the most popular.

2. Jeff Weaver:

   This is not a flip flop, this is consistent with the position he held earlier in the campaign.

3. Saul Anuzis:

   I think he can get past it assuming he can write it off as poor articulation of the views, if it is actually viewed as a flip-flop, then it becomes an issue.

4. John Cornyn:

   It was a complete flip-flop. Everything he said he was against, now he's for, i just wonder what the transaction was that got him to yes.

5. 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.