flop - English dictionary definition

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Flop To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
Flop To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
Flop 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.
Flop To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
Flop Act of flopping.
FLOP FLOP 1. An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 25:16 May 1959].
flop the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"