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belly flop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Relateds

rip entry · backflop · cannonball

Synonyms

belly whop · belly flopper · belly whopper

Translations (18)

es planchazo (style of diving) · io ventroplunjo (style of diving) · it spanciata (style of diving) · fr plat (style of diving) · de Bauchklatscher (style of diving) · pt barrigada (style of diving) · ca panxada (style of diving) · de Bauchplatscher (style of diving) · pt chapanço (style of diving) · pt chapão (style of diving) · fi mahaplätsi (style of diving) · fi mahapaukku (style of diving) · sv magplask (style of diving) · pl skok na deskę (style of diving) · nb mageplask (style of diving) · ia salto a ventre de immersion (style of diving) · tr karınüstü dalış (style of diving) · de Bauchfleck (style of diving)

belly flop en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive) To perform this type of dive.
2. (intransitive) To perform this type of trampolining move.
3. (intransitive, slang) To flop; to be an utter failure.
   • The director's first three movies belly flopped.

Forms

Translations (3)

pl skakać na deskę (Translations) · es tirarse en plancha (Translations) · pl skoczyć na deskę (Translations)