Thesaurus: flop

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1. v. t. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
2. v. t. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
3. v. i. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.
4. v. i. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
5. n. Act of flopping.
6. n. an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
7. n. someone who is unsuccessful
8. n. a complete failure
9. n. the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
10. adv. with a flopping sound
11. adv. in a face down manner
12. v. fall loosely