Definitions for belly-flop

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Spelling: [bel-ee-flop]

IPA: /ˈbɛl iˌflɒp/

Belly-Flop is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in belly-flop (-beflllopy).

Definitions for belly-flop

noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. a failure; flop.

verb (used without object)

1. to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
2. to land or throw oneself heavily down on one's belly:

Origin of belly-flop

First recorded in 1930-35