kerflop

[ ker-flop ]

adverbInformal.
  1. with or as if with a flop: He fell kerflop.

Origin of kerflop

1
First recorded in 1875–80; see origin at ker-, flop

Words Nearby kerflop

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How to use kerflop in a sentence

  • He fired a wet bailing sponge at me and I dodged it and it hit one of his own patrol—kerflop!

    Roy Blakeley | Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • I thought he was a goner there, yesterday, when I saw the Seagull go kerflop.

    The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley Smith
  • The first I knew about it he came out of the hopper kerflop.

  • He pulled it off, but it war too much for him, and it come down kerflop on his foot.

    Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley Kemp
  • The sudden shock sent him tumbling backward, and he fell kerflop!

    A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" | Russell Doubleday