What is another word for flop?

Synonyms for flop
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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "flop":

    fiasco, failure, bust

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How to use flop in a sentence?

  1. Tiffani Lee:

    She was walking by herself and she had on one flip flop and one tennis shoe.

  2. 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.

  3. Jordan Spieth:

    That just took some guts, and having been in this scenario, or having been in contention enough, having been on tour for a few years, I felt comfortable enough playing that full flop. If you caught me a year-and-a-half ago, I probably never would have played that shot in that scenario.

  4. Jeff Weaver:

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

  5. Betty Nyoni:

    We normally have no electricity. We skip experiments in electrical physics and switchboard designs. Our test marks flop, and are inferior to students in city schools that have better power supplies.


Translations for flop

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  • بالتخبطArabic
  • просвам се, провалBulgarian
  • propadnout, zhroutitCzech
  • versagen, hinplumpsen, Flop, Misserfolg, plumpsenGerman
  • πτώσηGreek
  • desplomarse, fracasarSpanish
  • floppi, romahtaa, lysähtää, lyyhistyä, läjä, läsähtää, flopataFinnish
  • bide, faire un flop, faire un bide, flop, être un fiasco, s'effondrer, four, fiasco, faire un fourFrench
  • mancare il traguardo, fare un buco nell'acqua, sacco di letame, insuccesso, fallimento, fare fiasco, fallire, crollare, fiasco, sacco di merdaItalian
  • neervallen, drol, floppen, sisser, mislukking, afgaan, instorten, sof, afgang, neerploffen, fiasco, neerzijgen, inzakkenDutch
  • klapa, niewypałPolish
  • fracassoPortuguese
  • неудача, плюхнуться, фиаско, плюхаться, провал, потерпеть неудачу, провалитьсяRussian
  • fiasko, floppSwedish
  • 翻牌Chinese

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