kerflop

[ ker-flop ]

adverb

, Informal.

1. with or as if with a flop:

   He fell kerflop.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kerflop¹

First recorded in 1875–80; ker-, flop

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

I thought he was a goner there, yesterday, when I saw the Seagull go kerflop.

From Project Gutenberg

The first I knew about it he came out of the hopper kerflop.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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The sudden shock sent him tumbling backward, and he fell kerflop!

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