belly flopping

Definition of belly floppingnext
present participle of belly flop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly flopping
Verb
  • Among its 10 other ingredients are glycerin, a humectant that draws moisture to the skin and plumping hyaluronic acid.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Hailey Bieber swears by the skin-plumping moisturizer, too.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The figures, which are based on more than 500,000 weekly transactions covered by WorldACD’s data, indicate that global tonnages were relatively stable compared with the previous week, with capacity dipping 1 percent.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • More Americans are also dipping into retirement savings to prop up their spending, the report showed.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Blanched Blanching, which involves boiling the food first and then submerging it in cold water, is another healthy method of cooking spinach.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Their system consisted of submerging pre-term lambs in artificial amniotic fluid, where a pumpless oxygenator, supplied by a sweep gas, mimicked placental perfusion.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Fuentes was shaky at first, plunking Orioles third baseman Colin Yeaman with his third pitch.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Inheriting two baserunners from Snell with one out, Yamamoto loaded the bases by plunking Kirk.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Try immersing it in cold water for about 30 minutes to help revive it—or incorporate it as an ingredient.
    Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Of course, your chair should make a visual statement, but no one wants a crick in the neck or a sore lower back after a day of immersing yourself in your latest fiction obsession.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … HIKING HORROR — Woman dies after plunging from 60-foot cliff at popular national park.
    , FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This winter, the New York metro area also endured one of its longest stretches of extreme cold in eight to 10 years, with wind chills plunging below zero and prompting warnings for frostbite and hypothermia risk, according to meteorologists and NWS alerts.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Among the most tempting-sounding is the omelet Brillat-Savarin, stuffed with diced woodcock and black truffles and surrounded by a strong game gravy.
    Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But that dominance is starting to erode—and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is sounding the alarm.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • McBride followed, diving onto Dort in an effort to secure possession.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The students must learn more than just diving under ice that's nearly a meter (around three feet) thick and into water temperatures that hover just above freezing.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Belly flopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly%20flopping. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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