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Meaning of flops
noun
- Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.
noun
- An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
- A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
- A flophouse.
verb
- To fall heavily due to lack of energy. Example: He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
- To cause to drop heavily. Example: The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.
- To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.). Example: The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.
- To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer) Example: It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
- To 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. Example: The brim of a hat flops.
noun
- One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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