to belly-flop
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- verb
- /ˈbɛliˌflɑp/
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caer de panza
- He decided to leave those answers to his imagination and belly-flopped into the frosty water.
I don't get a nice and I walk in and she's belly flopping.
- I don't get a nice and I walk in and she's belly flopping.
Examples
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A lot of people have described it as like it's belly flopping back down.
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Over and over, I belly-flopped happily into the Lima pool.
Fiction book (1997) -
Standing up, she caught a glimpse of her daughter belly-flopping into the pool.
Fiction book (1992) -
He grabs Maria, runs, and does a huge belly-flop into the water.
Fiction book (2001) -
I belly-flopped.
Fiction book (1997) -
Granted, they are not taking bullets or belly flopping on grenades like soldiers, but they are holding ground, fighting in their trenches, and suffering bodily harm for their 'game', their passion, their teammates, and yes, their illogically high salaries.
Blog text (4) -
He ran off the diving board and executed a perfect belly-flop into the deep end of the pool, making a huge splash.
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After practicing his dives all summer, he couldn’t resist trying a belly-flop, which caused his friends to burst out laughing.
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Feeling adventurous, she decided to belly-flop into the lake, drawing attention with her loud splash.
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Etymology
Belly-flop comes from the two simple words belly 'stomach' and flop 'a heavy fall'. The picture of someone landing flat on their stomach with a loud splash makes it easy to remember that a belly-flop is a dive where you hit the water stomach-first, often painful and noisy.