fall off
         v 1: come off; "This button had fallen off"
         2: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate
            market fell off" [syn: {slump}, {fall off}, {sink}]
         3: diminish in size or intensity [syn: {fall off}, {fall away}]

English Dictionary: flap	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falloff n a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" Synonym(s): slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fallopio n Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562) Synonym(s): Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius, Fallopio, Gabriello Fallopio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fill up v make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" Synonym(s): fill, fill up, make full Antonym(s): empty become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" Synonym(s): fill, fill up Antonym(s): discharge, empty fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" Synonym(s): close, fill up eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" Synonym(s): fill up, fill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fillip n anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" Synonym(s): bonus, fillip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flab n loose or flaccid body fat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flabby adj out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" Synonym(s): soft, flabby, flaccid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flap n any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" Synonym(s): dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap the motion made by flapping up and down Synonym(s): flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag Synonym(s): flap, flaps v move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" Synonym(s): roll, undulate, flap, wave move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind" move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky" Synonym(s): beat, flap move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping" Synonym(s): beat, flap make a fuss; be agitated Synonym(s): dither, flap, pother pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flip adj marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" Synonym(s): impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip n an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return Synonym(s): somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg a sudden, quick movement; "with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over" the act of flipping a coin Synonym(s): flip, toss a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" Synonym(s): pass, toss, flip v lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" Synonym(s): flip, toss cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" Synonym(s): throw, flip, switch look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" Synonym(s): flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air Synonym(s): flip, twitch cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" Synonym(s): flip, flick throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" Synonym(s): flip, toss, sky, pitch move with a flick or light motion turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" Synonym(s): flip, flip over, turn over react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University" Synonym(s): flip, flip out go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off" Synonym(s): flip, flip out reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) Synonym(s): interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flop adv with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud" exactly; "he fell flop on his face" Synonym(s): right, flop n an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" Synonym(s): floating-point operation, flop someone who is unsuccessful Synonym(s): flop, dud, washout a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" Synonym(s): flop, bust, fizzle the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" Synonym(s): flop, collapse v fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair" fall suddenly and abruptly fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" Synonym(s): fall through, fall flat, founder, flop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
floppy adj hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears" n a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" Synonym(s): diskette, floppy, floppy disk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flow off v flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe" Synonym(s): flow away, flow off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flub n an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo] v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fluff n any light downy material something of little value or significance Synonym(s): bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" Synonym(s): ruffle, fluff ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect Synonym(s): tease, fluff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fluffy adj like down or as soft as down [syn: downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fly by v pass by while flying; "An enemy plane flew by" move by very quickly Synonym(s): zip by, fly by, whisk by
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fly-by n a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground Synonym(s): flyover, fly-by, flypast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
follow up v pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" Synonym(s): follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
follow-up n a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" Synonym(s): follow-up, followup an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done Synonym(s): follow-up, followup a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment Synonym(s): follow-up, followup, reexamination, review
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
followup n a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" Synonym(s): follow-up, followup an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done Synonym(s): follow-up, followup a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment Synonym(s): follow-up, followup, reexamination, review
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foul up v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foul-up n an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fulbe n a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith Synonym(s): Fulani, Fula, Fulah, Fellata, Fulbe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fillip \Fil"lip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filliped}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Filliping}.] [For filp, flip. Cf. {Flippant}.]       1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed             against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that             position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger.             [bd]You filip me o' the head.[b8] --Shak.          2. To snap; to project quickly.                         The use of the elastic switch to fillip small                      missiles with.                                    --Tylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fillip \Fil"lip\, n.       1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a             smart blow.          2. Something serving to rouse or excite.                         I take a glass of grog for a filip.   --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flabby \Flab"by\, a. [See {Flap}.]       Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging       loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as,       flabby flesh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flap \Flap\, n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap,       and E. flap, v.]       Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is       attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap       of a garment.                   A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx.                                                                               --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.          3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or             sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.          4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses.          {Flap tile}, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner             or catch a drip.          {Flap valve} (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one             hinged side; a clack valve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flap \Flap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flapping}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E.       flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]       1. To beat with a flap; to strike.                         Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. --Pope.          2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the             wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat.          {To flap in the mouth}, to taunt. [Obs.] --W. Cartwright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flap \Flap\, v. i.       1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to             fly with wings beating the air.                         The crows flapped over by twos and threes. --Lowell.          2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or             other broad thing. --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flip \Flip\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a       slight blow. Cf. {Flippant}.]       A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot       iron.          {Flip dog}, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flip \Flip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flipping}.]       To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent.                   As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip                their cherry stones.                              --W. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flipe \Flipe\, v. t.       To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot,       as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flop \Flop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Flopping}.] [A variant of flap.]       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. [Colloq.]             --Fielding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flop \Flop\, v. i.       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. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flop \Flop\, n.       Act of flopping. [Colloq.] --W. H. Russell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Floppy \Flop"py\, n.       Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.       --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluff \Fluff\, v. t. & i.       To make or become fluffy; to move lightly like fluff.       --Holmes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluff \Fluff\, n. [Cf. 2d {Flue}. [root]84.]       Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluffy \Fluff"y\, a. [Compar. {Fluffier}; superl. {Fluffiest}.]       Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.       [bd]The carpets were fluffy.[b8] --Thackeray.                   The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and                the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was                seen.                                                      --Dickens.       -- {Fluff"i*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fool-happy \Fool"-hap`py\, a.       Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foolify \Fool"i*fy\, v. t. [Fool + -fy.]       To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Foul anchor}. (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.          {Foul ball} (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground             outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of             certain limits.          {Foul ball lines} (Baseball), lines from the home base,             through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the             field.          {Foul berth} (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of             fouling another vesel.          {Foul bill}, [or] {Foul bill of health}, a certificate, duly             authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a             contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are             infected.          {Foul copy}, a rough draught, with erasures and corrections;             -- opposed to fair or clean copy. [bd]Some writers boast             of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their             foul copies.[b8] --Cowper.          {Foul proof}, an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an             excessive quantity of errors.          {Foul strike} (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any             part of his person is outside of the lines of his             position.          {To fall foul}, to fall out; to quarrel. [Obs.] [bd]If they             be any ways offended, they fall foul.[b8] --Burton.          {To} {fall, [or] run}, {foul of}. See under {Fall}.          {To make foul water}, to sail in such shallow water that the             ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulbe \Ful"be\, n. (Ethnol.)       Same as {Fulahs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pay \Pay\, n.       1. Satisfaction; content. --Chaucer.          2. An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or             services performed; salary or wages for work or service;             compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a             clerk; the pay of a soldier.                         Where only merit constant pay receives. --Pope.                         There is neither pay nor plunder to be got.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          {Full pay}, the whole amount of wages or salary; maximum pay;             especially, the highest pay or allowance to civil or             military officers of a certain rank, without deductions.                      {Half pay}. See under {Half}.          {Pay day}, the day of settlement of accounts.          {Pay dirt} (Mining), earth which yields a profit to the             miner. [Western U.S.]          {Pay office}, a place where payment is made.          {Pay roll}, a roll or list of persons entitled to payment,             with the amounts due.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flap vt.   1. [obs.] To unload a DECtape (so it goes flap, flap,    flap...).   Old-time hackers at MIT tell of the days when the disk    was device 0 and DEC microtapes were 1, 2,... and attempting to flap    device 0 would instead start a motor banging inside a cabinet near    the disk.   2. By extension, to unload any magnetic tape.   See also    {macrotape}.   Modern cartridge tapes no longer actually flap, but    the usage has remained.   (The term could well be re-applied to DEC's    TK50 cartridge tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption    which makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type    lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
flippy /flip'ee/ n.   A single-sided floppy disk altered for    double-sided use by addition of a second write-notch, so called    because it must be flipped over for the second side to be    accessible.   No longer common.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
followup n.   [common] On Usenet, a {posting} generated in    response to another posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by    email rather than being broadcast).   Followups include the ID of the    {parent message} in their headers; smart news-readers can use this    information to present Usenet news in `conversation' sequence rather    than order-of-arrival.   See {thread}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fuel up vi.   To eat or drink hurriedly in order to get back to    hacking.   "Food-p?"   "Yeah, let's fuel up."   "Time for a    {great-wall}!"   See also {{oriental food}}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flap          1. To unload a {DECtape} (so it goes flap,       flap, flap).   Old-time {hackers} at {MIT} tell of the days       when the disk was device 0 and {microtapes} were 1, 2,       etc. and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a       motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.          The term is used, by extension, for unloading any magnetic       tape.   See also {macrotape}.   Modern {cartridge tapes} no       longer actually flap, but the usage has remained.          The term could well be re-applied to {DEC}'s {TK50} cartridge       tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption which       makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type       lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.          2. See {flapping router}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1997-06-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLAP          A {symbolic mathematics} package for {IBM 360}.          ["FLAP Programmer's Manual", A.H. Morris Jr., TR-2558 (1971)       US Naval Weapons Lab].          [Sammet 1969, p. 506].          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-10-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flap          1. To unload a {DECtape} (so it goes flap,       flap, flap).   Old-time {hackers} at {MIT} tell of the days       when the disk was device 0 and {microtapes} were 1, 2,       etc. and attempting to flap device 0 would instead start a       motor banging inside a cabinet near the disk.          The term is used, by extension, for unloading any magnetic       tape.   See also {macrotape}.   Modern {cartridge tapes} no       longer actually flap, but the usage has remained.          The term could well be re-applied to {DEC}'s {TK50} cartridge       tape drive, a spectacularly misengineered contraption which       makes a loud flapping sound, almost like an old reel-type       lawnmower, in one of its many tape-eating failure modes.          2. See {flapping router}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1997-06-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLAP          A {symbolic mathematics} package for {IBM 360}.          ["FLAP Programmer's Manual", A.H. Morris Jr., TR-2558 (1971)       US Naval Weapons Lab].          [Sammet 1969, p. 506].          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-10-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flib          /flib/ ({WPI}) A meta-number, said to be an integer between 3       and 4.          See {grix}, {N}.          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLIP          1. An early {assembly language} on the {G-15}.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].          2. ["FLIP User's Manual", G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].          3. Formal LIst Processor.          An early language for {pattern-matching} on {Lisp} structures,       similar to {CONVERT}.          ["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo       MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
flippy          /flip'ee/ A single-sided {floppy disk} altered for       double-sided use by addition of a second write-notch, so       called because it must be flipped over for the second side       (the "flip side") to be accessible.   Used in the {Commodore       1541} and elsewhere.   No longer common.          [{Jargon File}]          (2000-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLOP          1. An early system on the {IBM 701}.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].          (1994-11-14)          2. Erroneous singular of {FLOPS}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floppy          A {Fortran} coding convention checker.       A later version can generate {HTML}.          See also {Flow}.          ffccc posted to comp.sources.misc volume 12.          (1996-08-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
floppy          {floppy disk}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Floppy          A {Fortran} coding convention checker.       A later version can generate {HTML}.          See also {Flow}.          ffccc posted to comp.sources.misc volume 12.          (1996-08-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
floppy          {floppy disk}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
FLUB          The {abstract machine} for {bootstrapping}       {STAGE2}.          [Mentioned in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van       der Poel, N-H 1974, p. 271].          (1995-03-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
followup          On {Usenet}, a {posting} generated in response to another       posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by e-mail rather       than being broadcast).   Followups include the ID of the       {parent message} in their headers; smart news-readers can use       this information to present {Usenet} news in "conversation"       sequence rather than order-of-arrival.   See {thread}.          [{Jargon File}]