"flop" Definition

Definitions for the word "flop" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Act of flopping.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v.
(-pp-) 1 sway about heavily or loosely. 2 (often foll. By down, on, into) fall or sit etc. Awkwardly or suddenly. 3 slang fail; collapse (play flopped). 4 make a dull soft thud or splash. n. 1 flopping movement or sound. 2 slang failure. adv. With a flop. [var. Of *flap]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
7. slang
to plump; “to go FLOP down,” to fall suddenly, with violence and noise.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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