kerflop

American  

[ker-flop] / kərˈflɒp /

adverb

Informal.

1. with or as if with a flop.

   He fell kerflop.

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Etymology

Origin of kerflop

First recorded in 1875–80; see origin at ker-, flop

Example Sentences

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kerflop

In 1965, two years after the couple had broken up, McNally saw his own first full-length play, And Things That Go Bump in the Night, go kerflop on Broadway.

From Time Magazine Archive

All of a sudden, good night, over he went backwards, kerflop, into the marshy land just underneath the sign.

From Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

The first I knew about it he came out of the hopper kerflop.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

Pretty soon we must have got over into the old creek bed, because we stumbled and went kerflop in, and the next thing we knew, we were swimming.

From Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

Of course, he didn't dive right, he only just jumped and went kerflop into the water, and he had us all laughing.

From Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese