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Flop vs. Bop — What's the Difference?

Flop vs. Bop — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Flop and Bop

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Flop

To fall or lie down heavily and noisily
Flop onto the sofa.

Bop

To hit or strike.

Flop

To move about loosely or limply
The dog's ears flopped when it ran.

Bop

To dance or move to the beat of this music.

Flop

(Informal) To fail utterly
The play flopped.
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Bop

(Slang) To go
Bopped off to the movies.

Flop

To rest idly; lounge.

Bop

A blow; a punch.

Flop

To go to bed.

Bop

A post-World War II style of jazz characterized by rhythmic and harmonic complexity, improvised solo performances, and a brilliant style of execution.

Flop

(Sports) To exaggerate or simulate a fall after contact or near-contact with an opposing player in order to induce a referee to call a penalty; to dive.

Bop

A very light smack, blow or punch.

Flop

To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily
Flopped the steak onto a platter.

Bop

A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.

Flop

In certain poker games, to have attained (a hand) as a result of the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time
Flopped a flush.

Bop

A good song.

Flop

The act of flopping.

Bop

A party hosted by a college's JCR or MCR.

Flop

The sound made when flopping.

Bop

To strike gently or playfully.

Flop

(Informal) An utter failure.

Bop

To dance to this music, or any sort of music with a marked beat.

Flop

In certain poker games, the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.

Bop

 To walk the streets while socializing.

Flop

(Sports) An exaggerated or simulated fall after contact or near-contact with an opposing player in an attempt to induce the referee to call a penalty; a dive.

Bop

To have sex.

Flop

Variant of flops.

Bop

 To fellate.

Flop

(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.

Bop

An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).

Flop

(transitive) To cause to drop heavily.
The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.

Bop

The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationawide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

Flop

To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.

Bop

An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

Flop

To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year.
While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment.

Bop

Dance the bebop

Flop

(intransitive) 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.
The brim of a hat flops.

Bop

Hit hard

Flop

To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ).

Flop

To stay, sleep or live in a place.

Flop

(transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).

Flop

An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.

Flop

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

Flop

(poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.

Flop

A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.

Flop

(slang) A flophouse.

Flop

(computing) One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed.

Flop

(computing) floating-point operation.

Flop

Right, squarely, flat-out.
She fell flop on the floor.

Flop

With a flopping sound.

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 and 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

An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers;
This computer can perform a million flops per second

Flop

Someone who is unsuccessful

Flop

A complete failure;
The play was a dismal flop

Flop

The act of throwing yourself down;
He landed on the bed with a great flop

Flop

Fall loosely;
He flopped into a chair

Flop

Fall suddenly and abruptly

Flop

Fail utterly; collapse;
The project foundered

Flop

With a flopping sound;
He tumbled flop into the mud

Flop

Exactly;
He fell flop on his face

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