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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