dictionary help1. An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
2. Erroneous singular of FLOPS.
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1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat.
Origin: A variant of flap.
1. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.
2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground.
(01 Mar 1998)
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