belly flop
Horizontal water entry
A belly flop is a dive gone wrong—or deliberately silly—where the front of the body hits the water flat, producing a loud slap and stinging pain.
The term extends to any clumsy, flat landing: The gymnast's dismount turned into a belly flop.
As a verb: He belly-flopped into the pool.
Sudden steep descent
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- cannonballRound artillery ammunition
- jackknifeFolding pocket blade
- swan-diveHeadfirst plunge, arms spread
platform · springboard · poolside · tuck · somersault · freefall · entry · surface
Sharp wound from insect
bruise · wince · ouch · smarting · tender · soreness · throbbing · flinch
Collective fund or basin
- chlorineHalogen disinfectant element
- diving-boardElevated pool launching platform
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
swimsuit · summer · recreation · kids · cannonball · splashing · poolside · lido
Clear essential liquid
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
- soakSaturate with liquid
- drenchSoak something completely
wave · ripple · displacement · splatter · droplets · douse · wet · splashdown
plunge
Sudden steep descent
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- cannonballRound artillery ammunition
- jackknifeFolding pocket blade
swan-dive · platform · springboard · poolside · tuck · somersault · freefall · entry · surface · impact
sting
Sharp wound from insect
redness · bruise · wince · ouch · smarting · tender · soreness · throbbing · flinch · grimace
pool
Collective fund or basin
- chlorineHalogen disinfectant element
- diving-boardElevated pool launching platform
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
goggles · swimsuit · summer · recreation · kids · cannonball · splashing · poolside · lido
water
Clear essential liquid
drench · wave · ripple · displacement · splatter · droplets · douse · wet · splashdown · surge
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
- embarrassingCausing awkward self-consciousness
- laughableWorthy of derision
- hilariousExtremely amusing
amusing · spectacle · clumsy · graceless · ungainly · blunder · fail · viral · blooper · pratfall
flop
Complete commercial failure
disaster · debacle · fiasco · bungle · blunder · misjudgment · miscalculation · attempt · rookie · amateur
- water gamesMarco Polo, sharks and minnows, chicken fight, chicken fights, keep away
- pool jumpscannonball, swan dive, jackknife, can opener, front flip
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
- downward motionsfall, drop, descend, plunge, sink
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- pool activitieslap swimming, laps, pool laps, floating, treading water
belly flopswan dive
Arched forward plunge
pike dive · jackknife · cannonball · pencil dive · platform dive
belly, embellish, bellyache, embellishment, potbelly, embellished, bellying, underbelly, disembowel