verb (used without object), bel·ly-flopped, bel·ly-flop·ping. Northern and North Midland U.S.
- to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
- to land or throw oneself heavily down on one’s belly: so tired he just belly-flopped on the bed.
noun Northern and North Midland U.S.
- an awkward, usually unintentional dive in which the front of the body strikes the water horizontally, the abdomen or chest bearing the brunt of the impact.
- a maneuver with a sled in which the sledder runs with the sled to gain momentum and jumps forward to land on top of the sled as it moves through the snow.
- a failure; flop.
noun
- a dive into water in which the body lands horizontally
- another name for belly landing
verb belly-flop -flops, -flopping or -flopped
- (intr) to perform a belly flop