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

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

And then, all of a sudden, around he went, and off the roof, kerflop into the load of sawdust.

From Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)

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

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

Down he came, kerflop, in the street, stubbing his toe as he tried to catch his balance.

From Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts by Bailey, Roy Rutherford