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.

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 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.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: tirarse en plancha