sploot — English Dictionary

Interjection

1. Used to represent a plop or splash.

Noun

1. An animal's posture of lying flat on its stomach with its hind legs extended.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Rupert wandered restlessly around for a few minutes and finally settled at Charlotte's feet, his feathery back legs stretched out behind him in what corgi owners call a sploot.

   “That's called a corgi ‘sploot,’” informs Jason.

   Inside, Calliope turned to see her rottweiler, Coco, engaging in her wake up stretches: butt up, paws out, followed by back legs out behind her in a sploot.

Verb

1. Of an animal: to lie flat on its stomach with its hind legs extended.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Slang

   Synonyms

   frogpancake

   Examples

   Four of the dragons sploot flat instead of sitting — a gesture they must have picked up from their time being Frank’s corgi.

   Squirrels in the U.S. are 'splooting' in an attempt to stay cool and close to the ground as the heat blazes across the country

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   With his front paws tucked underneath his chest and his hind legs splayed behind him in a splooting pose, he didn’t appear to have a care in the world.

   Not many big dogs do the sploot, but Pooh Bear will sploot just about anytime and anywhere. She even splooted in the middle of the mall while waiting to see Santa!