belly flop

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbelly flopperbelly whopbelly whopper

   Broaderdive

Questions about belly flop

What does belly flop mean?

belly flop means "a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water".

What is another word for belly flop?

Close synonyms include belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belly flop a common word?

belly flop is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.