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Plop

Plop Meaning & Definition
Plop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plop?

[n] the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
[adv] (informal) with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"
[v] set (something or oneself) down; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
[v] drop with the sound of something falling into water
[v] drop something with a plopping sound

Synonyms | Synonyms for Plop: flump | plank | plonk | plump | plump down | plunk | plunk | plunk down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Plop: abruptly | bang | blubber | boil | boil over | bubble | bubble over | bubble up | burble | cast | cave | cave in | chuck | clap | dash | decline | dive | droop | drop | effervesce | exactly | fall | ferment | fizz | fizzle | fling | flop | flop down | flump | flump down | flush | founder | full | give way | go down | guggle | gurgle | hastily | hiss | hurl | impetuously | impulsively | kerplunk | lapse | like a flash | like a thunderbolt | lower | nose-dive | of a sudden | on short notice | parachute | pitch | plank | plop down | plumb | plummet | plump | plunge | plunk | point-blank | pop | pounce | pounce on | pounce upon | precipitantly | precipitately | precipitously | precisely | right | sag | seethe | set | settle | settle down | sharp | simmer | sink | sink down | skin-dive | sky-dive | slap | slouch | slump | slump down | smack | smack-dab | sound | spang | sparkle | square | squarely | startlingly | stoop | straight | submerge | subside | sudden | suddenly | surprisingly | swag | swoop | swoop down | take a header | throw | thrust | toss | unawares | unexpectedly | without notice | without warning | work

See Also | come down | descend | drop | fall | go down | noise | place down | put down | set down

Plop In Webster's Dictionary

\Plop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plopping}.] [Imitative.] To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water. The body plopped up, turning on its side. --Kipling.
\Plop\, n. Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping.

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