Flop

Flop has several meanings.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Most commonly, it means a "failure", particularly in the face of high expectations.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• For failed commercial products and services, see List of commercial failures.
• For flops in entertainment, see List of flops in entertainment
• For military disasters, see List of military disasters
• For failed political campaigns, see List of political flops
• For flops in science and engineering, see List of famous failures in science and engineering
• For flops in computer and video gaming, see List of commercial failures in computer and video gaming
• For events that were highly anticipated but either did not happen or turned out to be disappointing, see non-event

Flop is also:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• A poker term: see flop (poker)
• An abbreviation for the computing term "floating point operations per second": see FLOPS
• A basketball term: see flop (basketball)
• A high jump technique