belly-flopping

We timed the trip just right: By the time we reached the boat ramp in the early afternoon, the locals had already started belly-flopping into the river to escape the suffocating Midwest humidity, which is just about enough to shut a bite down.

19-colinsmallie 2009

We timed the trip just right: Once we reached the boat ramp in the early afternoon, the locals had already started belly-flopping into the river to escape the suffocating Midwest humidity, which is just about enough to shut a bite down.

Show-Me Smallies 2009

In the dining room, American artist Roxy Paine's linen canvas drips with white paint near a life-size sculpture of an obese Asian man belly-flopping onto a waist-high block of faux ice.

Art's New Pecking Order Kelly Crow 2012

A giant airplane belly-flopping safely in the Hudson.

Now Boarding All Passengers Jason Gay 2011

More like belly-flopping my way in and careening water everywhere.

The disappearance, explained. « 2008

U.S. Airways flight 1549 made an extraordinary emergency landing, belly-flopping into the frigid waters of the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan, just blocks from where I ` m sitting right now.

CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2009 2009

That's why they're thinking that they had this belly-flopping phenomenon.

CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2009 2009

My guess is that the giddiness and excitement you felt outweighed any bumping-into-curbs or belly-flopping that you might have done.

Therese Borchard: Why Messing Up Is Good For You 2009

That's why they're thinking that they had this belly-flopping phenomenon.

CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2009 2009

Morgan Ensberg hit a drive to the gap in right-center, but Edmonds stretched out to make the backhanded catch, belly-flopping onto the warning track but holding on.

USATODAY.com - Scores 2005