BELLY FLOPPED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

belly flopped

verb

past tense of belly flop

as in plumped

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surfaced

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Verb

Everything is mirrored, tufted, plumped, embroidered, gilded—and there are flowers everywhere.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Let the plant sit in a sunny location for 24 to 72 hours until the leaves have plumped again.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

Definition of plumped

Verb

The majority of the wreckage was contained, submerged in about 5 feet of water, while the a landing gear and propellers were found embedded in the bottom of the lake, the NTSB report said.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Paper should never be submerged in water, and shades with beadwork, tassels, or other delicate embellishments may require special care.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of submerged

Verb

In the fall of 2025, two years after Chody’s search began, the brand reached out and proposed a collaboration—one that she’d be immersed in from every step of the way.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 29 Oct. 2026
Pollard has also been immersed in surrealism and dada, fitting genres for a musician and visual artist who has a knack for bending words and images to his will — either via hallucinatory lyrics or collages that mesh realms both physical and meta.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of immersed

Verb

Catcher Patrick Bailey then walked to force in a run and Seymour plunked Angel Martinez to force in another.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
The bottoms are basically Molly’s baseball cap, which looks like a dome with a bill just plonked onto it, and Shannon’s wings, which the judges say are just a gingerbread cookie with some icing on it.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of plunked

Verb

Media Networks, which includes the studio’s TV channels and Crunchyroll, dipped from $913 million to $896 million.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Eala made an international splash and has already dipped her toes into the fashion world, attending Tory Burch and Calvin Klein fashion shows during New York Fashion Week.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of dipped

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