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

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

They both fell kerflop in front of 'im.

From Westerfelt by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

Wal, sir, I doubled up like a jack-knife, and went down kerflop.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

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

All I know is, I heard my Scout Handbook go kerflop on the floor and Vic Norris of the Ravens grabbed the Silver Fox emblem right out of my hand and began waving it.

From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese