Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of flop.

More definitions
  • an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
  • someone who is unsuccessful
  • a complete failure
  • the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

Origin

A syllabic acronym from floating-point operation.

A syllabic acronym from floating-point operation.

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Forms

plural: FLOPs
SingularFLOP
PluralFLOPs

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers:floating-point operation
  • someone who is unsuccessful:dudwashout
  • a complete failure:bustfizzle
  • the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink:collapse

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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