belly flop

• bellyflop, belly-flop

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belly flop (plural belly flops)

1. (diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.
2. A similar move performed on a trampoline.
3. (slang) A flop; an utter failure.

• belly flopper
• belly whop
• belly whopper

• backflop
• cannonball
• rip entry

belly flop (third-person singular simple present belly flops, present participle belly flopping, simple past and past participle belly flopped)

1. To perform this type of dive.
2. To perform this type of trampolining move.