flops
a measure of computer speed, equal to the number of floating-point operations the computer can perform per second (used especially in combination with mega-, giga-, tera-).
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How to use flops in a sentence
To my mind this is nothing compared to the flip-flops done lately by foreigners.
Sen. Paul has been getting a dunking in the media for his flip-flops on foreign policy.
While some parodies end up major flops, the ones that get it right can sometimes outshine their mainstream rivals.
The Art of Smutty Spoofs: Porn Parodies Aren’t a Joke Anymore | Aurora Snow | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne can hardly sit on the Rosewood rooftop bar without seeing $200 flip flops and overhearing name and place-dropping.
Each arrives with a built-in brand recognition that helps MGM avoid producing massive flops, investors say.
Inside MGM’s Surprising Turnaround: ‘Robocop,’ ‘Bond,’ and ‘The Hobbit’ | The Wrap | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the loft a boy learns to turn flip-flops, and with a lariat rope he can make a trapeze.
Bill's School and Mine | William Suddards FranklinAn, anyow, wed be better down below an safer out o reach o any shell that flops in while were ere, said another.
Grapes of wrath | Boyd CableShe lay back in the weak sun with her eyes closed behind her shades, her toes wiggling in her flip-flops.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowThen I begun to reel a bit 'n' look faintin'-like, 'n' purty soon I flops right on the floor as ef I was dead.
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah FlyntIf I move her from her place, she flops and sprawls like a half-filled water bottle over the new supporting plane.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for flops
floating-point operations per second: used as a measure of computer processing power (in combination with a prefix): megaflops; gigaflops
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