"belly flop" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-belly flop.wav [Canada] Forms: belly flops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Diving Synonyms: belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper Related terms: backflop, cannonball, rip entry Translations (style of diving): panxada [feminine] (Catalan), mahapaukku (Finnish), mahaplätsi (Finnish), plat [masculine] (French), Bauchklatscher [masculine] (German), Bauchplatscher [masculine] (German), Bauchfleck [masculine] (German), salto a ventre de immersion (Interlingua), spanciata [feminine] (Italian), mageplask [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), chapão [masculine] (Portuguese), chapanço [masculine] (Portuguese), planchazo [masculine] (Spanish), magplask [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-belly_flop-en-noun-C1Gng7a8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bellyflop, belly-flop

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-belly flop.wav [Canada] Forms: belly flops [present, singular, third-person], belly flopping [participle, present], belly flopped [participle, past], belly flopped [past]
Head templates: {{en-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): tirarse en plancha (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-belly_flop-en-verb-f0GYNNKr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bellyflop, belly-flop

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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