資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flop \Flop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Flopping}.] [A variant of flap.]
   1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail,
      etc.; to flap.

   2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
      --Fielding.

資料來源 : WordNet®

flop
     adv 1: with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
     2: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: {right}]
     v 1: fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
     2: fall suddenly and abruptly
     3: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall
        through}, {fall flat}, {founder}]
     [also: {flopping}, {flopped}]

flop
     n 1: an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;
          "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
          [syn: {floating-point operation}]
     2: someone who is unsuccessful [syn: {dud}, {washout}]
     3: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: {bust}]
     4: the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed
        with a great flop" [syn: {collapse}]
     [also: {flopping}, {flopped}]

flopping
     See {flop}