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belly flop
1noun
, Northern and North Midland U.S.
- an awkward, usually unintentional dive in which the front of the body strikes the water horizontally, the abdomen or chest bearing the brunt of the impact.
- a maneuver with a sled in which the sledder runs with the sled to gain momentum and jumps forward to land on top of the sled as it moves through the snow.
- a failure; flop.
belly-flop
2[ bel-ee-flop ]
verb (used without object)
, Northern and North Midland U.S.
, bel·ly-flopped, bel·ly-flop·ping.
- to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
- to land or throw oneself heavily down on one's belly:
so tired he just belly-flopped on the bed.
belly flop
noun
- a dive into water in which the body lands horizontally
- See belly landinganother name for belly landing
verb
- intr to perform a belly flop
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Word History and Origins
Origin of belly flop1
First recorded in 1890–95
Origin of belly flop2
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
There, the vehicle will use a similar belly flop to arrest itself as it falls through Mars’s thin atmosphere.
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