Definition of Flops

1. Acronym. (computing) floating point operations per second ¹

2. Noun. (plural of flop) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of flop) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flops

1. flop [v] - See also: flop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flops

floppy-wristed
floppy baby syndrome
floppy disk
floppy disk drive
floppy disk drives
floppy diskette
floppy diskette drive
floppy diskettes
floppy disks
floppy drive
floppy drives
floppy infant syndrome
floppy valve syndrome
floppydock
floppydocks
flops (current term)
flopsy
floptical disk
floptical disks
flopwing
flor
flora
florae
floral
floral cup
floral envelope
floral leaf
floral white
florally
floralness

Literary usage of Flops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1731)
"... by flops from top to bottom, under a corridor, carrying it ai far as the bottom of at, .... flops ..."

2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1796)
"... there is a fort of barrier, which flops the carriage at this place, and gives notice to the ... flops ..."

3. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1722)
"... is fo fuzzy and quick-growing a Vegetable, that it mightily flops the Springs ; and contributes to thicken the Scurf, ..."

4. Nottinghamia Vetus Et Nova by Charles Deering, Rupert Cecil Chicken (1751)
"... comes out even wirb the lower edge of the bar- Tim flops the heads of the jacks from carrying the finkers higher than the level of the lead tinkers. ..."

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