belly flop
noun
1
: a dive (as into water or in coasting prone on a sled) in which the front of the body strikes flat against another surface
called also belly flopper
2
: a complete and often painful or embarrassing failure : flop
… instead of doing a belly flop at the box office, Vampire soared …—Jeff Gordinier
belly flop
intransitive verb
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