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flop

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flop · verb, noun, interjection, adverb¹

Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound.

flop · noun²

A variant capitalization of FLOP, a syllabic acronym of floating-point operations.

FLOP · noun³

A syllabic acronym from floating-point operation.

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