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Flop

noun
Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.nounAn incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
2.nounA complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
3.nounThe first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
4.nounA ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
5.nounA flophouse.
6.verbTo fall heavily due to lack of energy.
"He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work."
7.verbTo cause to drop heavily.
"The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on."
8.verbTo fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
"The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract."
9.verbTo pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
"It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year."
10.verbTo strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
"The brim of a hat flops."
11.verbTo have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
"Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ)."
12.verbTo stay, sleep or live in a place.
13.adverbRight, squarely, flat-out.
14.adverbWith a flopping sound.

Synonyms

box office bombdudfiascoturkeycollapsefall throughfall flatrightwashoutfounderbustfloating-point operation

Rhymes With

droptopcropploptaupesopmalapropagitprop
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