The difference between Flop and Turkey

When used as nouns, flop means an incident of a certain type of fall, whereas turkey means either of two species of bird in the genus meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.

Flop is also adverb with the meaning: right, squarely, flat-out.

Flop is also verb with the meaning: to fall heavily due to lack of energy.

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  1. Flop as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall heavily due to lack of energy.

    Examples:

    "He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work."

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  2. Flop as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to drop heavily.

    Examples:

    "The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on."

  3. Flop as a verb (intransitive, informal):

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

    Examples:

    "The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract."

  4. Flop as a verb (sports, intransitive):

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

    Examples:

    "It starts with Chris Paul, because Blake didn't really used to flop like that, you know, last year."

    "While Stern chastised Vogel for on Thursday calling the Heat "the biggest flopping team in the NBA," he did intimate that he sees merit in the sentiment."

  5. Flop as a verb (intransitive):

    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.

    Examples:

    "The brim of a hat flops."

  6. Flop as a verb (poker, transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ)."

  7. Flop as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To stay, sleep or live in a place.

  1. Flop as a noun:

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

  2. Flop as a noun:

    A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

  3. Flop as a noun (poker):

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

  4. Flop as a noun:

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

  1. Flop as an adverb:

    Right, squarely, flat-out.

  2. Flop as an adverb:

    With a flopping sound.

  1. Flop as a noun (computing):

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

  2. Flop as a noun (computing):

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  1. Turkey as a noun:

    Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.

  2. Turkey as a noun (uncountable):

    The meat or flesh of this bird eaten as food

    Examples:

    "All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch."

  3. Turkey as a noun (colloquial):

    A failure.

    Examples:

    "That film was a turkey."

  4. Turkey as a noun (slang, usually, mildly, derogatory):

    A foolish or inept person.

    Examples:

    "The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him."

  5. Turkey as a noun (bowling):

    An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

  6. Turkey as a noun (obsolete):

    The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).

  7. Turkey as a noun (medical slang, derogatory):

    A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.

  8. Turkey as a noun (dated, slang, US, Australia):

    A large travel bag; a suitcase; a pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle.

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