flop vs sink

flop

noun
  • An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down. 

  • The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game. 

  • A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop. 

  • A flophouse. 

  • A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry. 

  • One floating-point operation per second, a unit of measure of processor speed. 

verb
  • To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer) 

  • To stay, sleep or live in a place. 

  • To fall heavily due to lack of energy. 

  • To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap. 

  • To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop. 

  • To cause to drop heavily. 

  • To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.). 

  • To flip; to reverse (an image). 

adv
  • With a flopping sound. 

  • Right, squarely, flat-out. 

intj
  • Indicating the sound of something flopping. 

sink

noun
  • Descending motion; descent. 

  • An object or callback that captures events; an event sink. 

  • A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery. 

  • A depression in a stereotype plate. 

  • A destination vertex in a transportation network. 

  • An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place. 

  • A sinkhole. 

  • A drain for carrying off wastewater. 

  • An excavation smaller than a shaft. 

  • A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source. 

  • One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation. 

  • A basin used for holding water for washing. 

  • A heat sink. 

  • A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet. 

  • The motion of a sinker pitch. 

  • A place that absorbs resources or energy. 

verb
  • To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals. 

  • To cause to decline; to depress or degrade. 

  • To drink (especially something alcoholic). 

  • To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. 

  • To push (something) into something. 

  • To make by digging or delving. 

  • To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole. 

  • To pay absolutely. 

  • To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength. 

  • To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. 

  • To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. 

  • To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression. 

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