belly flop

noun

1

: a dive (as into water or in coasting prone on a sled) in which the front of the body strikes flat against another surface

called also belly flopper

2

: a complete and often painful or embarrassing failure : flop

… instead of doing a belly flop at the box office, Vampire soared …

—Jeff Gordinier

belly flop intransitive verb

Examples of belly flop in a Sentence

She did a belly flop into the pool.

Recent Examples on the Web

The four-location pool crawl included games and activities, such as a watermelon race and a belly flop competition. —Magda Liszewska, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024

And then there are the long-term, indirect costs of an implementation belly flop. —Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

Raygun was seen belly flopping, hopping around and rolling around on the floor, leaving many with much to say. —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 6 Sep. 2024

After the game, Reid went over to a celebrating Jones and just belly flopped on top of him. —Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

belly flop

noun

: a dive (as into the water) in which the front of the body lands flat

belly flop verb