belly flop

noun

A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.

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Meanings

nounbelly flop (plural belly flops)

plural belly flops · alternative bellyflop · alternative belly-flop

  1. divingA 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. slangA flop; an utter failure.

    Synonyms: belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper

verbbelly flop (third-person singular simple present belly flops, present participle belly flopping, simple past and past participle belly flopped)

present singular third person belly flops · participle present belly flopping · participle past belly flopped · past belly flopped · alternative bellyflop · alternative belly-flop

  1. intransitiveTo perform this type of dive.
  2. intransitiveTo perform this type of trampolining move.
  3. intransitiveslangTo flop; to be an utter failure.

    The director's first three movies belly flopped.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA flop; an utter failure.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water

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Broader
divediving
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belly flopperbelly whopbelly whopper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan panxada
  • panxadastyle of diving
Finnish mahapaukku, mahaplätsi
  • mahapaukkustyle of diving
  • mahaplätsistyle of diving
French plat
  • platstyle of diving
German Bauchklatscher, Bauchplatscher
  • Bauchklatscherstyle of diving
  • Bauchplatscherstyle of diving
  • Bauchfleckstyle of diving
Italian spanciata
  • spanciatastyle of diving
Norwegian Bokmål mageplask
  • mageplaskstyle of diving
Polish skok na deskę, skakać na deskę
  • skok na deskęstyle of diving
  • skakać na deskęTranslations
  • skoczyć na deskęTranslations
Portuguese chapão, chapanço
  • chapãostyle of diving
  • chapançostyle of diving
  • barrigadastyle of diving
Spanish planchazo, tirarse en plancha
  • planchazostyle of diving
  • tirarse en planchaTranslations
Swedish magplask
  • magplaskstyle of diving
Turkish karınüstü dalış
  • karınüstü dalışstyle of diving
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belly flop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belly%20flop

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“belly flop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belly%20flop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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