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belly-flop

n. (alternative spelling of belly flop English)

WordNet
belly-flop
  1. v. dive so that one hits the water with one's belly

  2. [also: belly-flopping, belly-flopped]

Usage examples of "belly-flop".

He'd have belly-flopped on the pavement if Toster hadn't been there to catch him.

Justin reached the hole only two steps ahead of Jessica, but his momentum, belly-flopped him into the water.

Then he took off his hat and belly-flopped in the stream-side sedge to water himself just upstream.

A white form came plummeting downward, belly-flopping into the water with a lethal smack.

She stretched her arms to the sun before belly-flopping forward to splash Iselle, who ducked and shrieked and splashed her back.

Lamentably, his amazing accomplishment didn't stop the twenty-five or so unlucky trainees crammed into the transport hold from being jostled about pretty badly as the damaged ship, now possessing all the aerodynamic qualities of a flying brick, belly-flopped in the middle of a Midwest corn field.