belly flop

See also: bellyflop and belly-flop

English

Alternative forms

• bellyflop, belly-flop

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

• belly flopper
• belly whop
• belly whopper

Translations

style of diving

• Catalan: panxada f
• Finnish: mahapaukku, mahaplätsi
• French: plat (fr) m
• German: Bauchklatscher (de) m; Bauchplatscher m, Bauchfleck m
• Interlingua: salto a ventre de immersion
• Italian: spanciata (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mageplask n

• Portuguese: chapão m, chapanço m
• Spanish: planchazo (es) m
• Swedish: magplask (sv) n

See also

• backflop
• cannonball
• rip entry

Verb

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.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: tirarse en plancha