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1 flop
I [flɒp] II [flɒp]to flop down on — lasciarsi cadere su [bed, sofa]
2) (hang loosely) [ dog's ear] penzolare; [ head] ciondolare3) colloq. (fail) [play, film] fare fiasco, essere un flop; [project, venture] fallire•- flop out* * *[flop] 1. past tense, past participle - flopped; verb1) (to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily: She flopped into an armchair.) buttarsi, lasciarsi cadere2) (to hang or swing about loosely: Her hair flopped over her face.) ricadere3) ((of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful: the play flopped.) fare fiasco2. noun1) ((a) flopping movement.) tonfo2) (a failure: The show was a complete flop.) fiasco•- floppy- floppy disk* * *[flɒp]1. n(fam: failure) fiasco2. vi1)to flop (into/on) — lasciarsi cadere (in/su)2) (fam: play) far fiasco, (scheme) fallire* * *flop /flɒp/A n.1 caduta pesante; tonfo: to fall with a flop, cadere con un tonfo; belly flop, panciata ( tuffandosi)6 (comput.) ► FLOPB attr. (solo nei composti)cascante; floscio; pendulo; (a) penzoloni: flop-brimmed hat, cappello dalla tesa floscia; flop-eared, con le orecchie pendule.(to) flop /flɒp/A v. i.1 cadere pesantemente; lasciarsi cadere: He flopped down in a chair [into an armchair], si lasciò cadere su una sedia [in una poltrona]; Her head flopped back [forward], la testa le ricadde all'indietro [in avanti]2 (anche to flop around) ciondolare; sbattere; sbatacchiare: Her books flopped around in the bag, i libri sbattevano nella borsa4 (fam.) fallire; far fiascoB v. t.lasciar cadere pesantemente; sbattere.* * *I [flɒp] II [flɒp]to flop down on — lasciarsi cadere su [bed, sofa]
2) (hang loosely) [ dog's ear] penzolare; [ head] ciondolare3) colloq. (fail) [play, film] fare fiasco, essere un flop; [project, venture] fallire•- flop out -
2 FLOP
I [flɒp] II [flɒp]to flop down on — lasciarsi cadere su [bed, sofa]
2) (hang loosely) [ dog's ear] penzolare; [ head] ciondolare3) colloq. (fail) [play, film] fare fiasco, essere un flop; [project, venture] fallire•- flop out* * *[flop] 1. past tense, past participle - flopped; verb1) (to fall or sit down suddenly and heavily: She flopped into an armchair.) buttarsi, lasciarsi cadere2) (to hang or swing about loosely: Her hair flopped over her face.) ricadere3) ((of a theatrical production) to fail; to be unsuccessful: the play flopped.) fare fiasco2. noun1) ((a) flopping movement.) tonfo2) (a failure: The show was a complete flop.) fiasco•- floppy- floppy disk* * *[flɒp]1. n(fam: failure) fiasco2. vi1)to flop (into/on) — lasciarsi cadere (in/su)2) (fam: play) far fiasco, (scheme) fallire* * *FLOP /flɒp/sigla( anche FLOPS) (comput., floating-point operations per second) FLOP ( numero di operazioni in virgola mobile al secondo).* * *I [flɒp] II [flɒp]to flop down on — lasciarsi cadere su [bed, sofa]
2) (hang loosely) [ dog's ear] penzolare; [ head] ciondolare3) colloq. (fail) [play, film] fare fiasco, essere un flop; [project, venture] fallire•- flop out -
3 bomb
I [bɒm]1) (explosive device) bomba f.2) BE colloq. (large amount of money)to cost a bomb — costare una fortuna o un sacco di soldi
3) colloq. (flop) fiasco m.II 1. [bɒm]verbo transitivo bombardare [town, house]2.1) BE colloq. (move fast) scappare, correre2) colloq. (fail) fare fiasco•- bomb out* * *[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bomba2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombardare2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) fare fiasco, fallire•- bomber- bombshell* * *I [bɒm]1) (explosive device) bomba f.2) BE colloq. (large amount of money)to cost a bomb — costare una fortuna o un sacco di soldi
3) colloq. (flop) fiasco m.II 1. [bɒm]verbo transitivo bombardare [town, house]2.1) BE colloq. (move fast) scappare, correre2) colloq. (fail) fare fiasco•- bomb out
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flop — [flɒp ǁ flɑːp] verb flopped PTandPP flopping PRESPART [intransitive] if a product or an attempt to do something flops, it fails completely: • A £16 million rights issue in the company flopped yesterday with only 2.4 % of the 151 million shares on … Financial and business terms
flop´pi|ness — flop|py «FLOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est, noun, plural pies. Informal. –adj. tending to flop; flopping: »a floppy hat. –n. = floppy disk. (Cf. ↑floppy disk) –flop´pi|ly … Useful english dictionary
flop´pi|ly — flop|py «FLOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est, noun, plural pies. Informal. –adj. tending to flop; flopping: »a floppy hat. –n. = floppy disk. (Cf. ↑floppy disk) –flop´pi|ly … Useful english dictionary
flop|py — «FLOP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est, noun, plural pies. Informal. –adj. tending to flop; flopping: »a floppy hat. –n. = floppy disk. (Cf. ↑floppy disk) –flop´pi|ly … Useful english dictionary
flop — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, resounding, spectacular ▪ The show was the biggest flop in TV history. ▪ complete, total ▪ expensive … Collocations dictionary
flop|house — «FLOP HOWS», noun. U.S. a cheap, rundown hotel or rooming house for vagrant and homeless persons, usually in a very poor section of a city … Useful english dictionary
flop|o|ver — «FLOP OH vuhr», noun. U.S. 1. Informal. a turning over; turnover. 2. a television image that appears as a series of frames running down the screen, due to faulty reception … Useful english dictionary
flop|per — «FLOP uhr», noun. one that flops … Useful english dictionary
flop — (v.) c.1600, probably a variant of FLAP (Cf. flap) with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of fall or drop heavily is 1836, that of collapse, fail is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of a failure is recorded from 1893. Related: Flopped;… … Etymology dictionary
flop — ► VERB (flopped, flopping) 1) hang or swing loosely. 2) sit or lie down heavily and clumsily. 3) informal fail totally. ► NOUN 1) a heavy and clumsy fall. 2) informal a total failure … English terms dictionary
flop sweat — noun Date: 1953 nervous sweat (as of a performer) caused especially by the fear of failing … New Collegiate Dictionary