FLOP

  1. (acronym) .  (computing) floating point operation.
  2. Verb.  To fall heavily, because lacking energy.
  3. Verb.  To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).
  4. Noun.  An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down..
  5. Noun.  A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
  6. Noun.  (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
  7. Noun.  A place to stay, sleep or live. See flophouse.
  8. Noun.  A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
  9. Adverb.  Right, squarely, flat-out.
  10. Adverb.  With a flopping sound.
  11. Noun.  (computing) A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.

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