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Plump Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Plump?
[n] the sound of a sudden heavy fall
[adv] (informal) straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water" [adj] euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump" [v] give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" [v] make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [v] set (something or oneself) down; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [v] drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" Synonyms | Synonyms for Plump: buxom | chubby | embonpoint | fat | fat | fatten | fatten out | fatten up | fill out | flesh out | flump | go | plank | plonk | plop | plummet | plump down | plump out | plunk | plunk down | zaftig | zoftig Related Terms | Find terms related to Plump: abruptly | adipose | ample | at once | back | ballot | bang | beamy | become overweight | beefy | big-bellied | bloated | blowzy | blunt | bosomy | brawny | bump | burly | busty | buxom | campaign for | canvass | cast | cast a ballot | cave | cave in | chink | choose | chubby | chuck | chunky | clap | click | clink | clop | clump | clunk | collapse | corpulent | crump | cushion | dash | decline | definite | definitive | deposit | direct | directly | distended | dive | divide | downright | droop | drop | dull thud | dumpy | ease | engross | exactly | fall | fat | fatten | fattish | fleshy | flick | fling | flop | flop down | fluff | flump | flump down | flush | forthright | founder | full | full-bodied | gain weight | gather flesh | gentle | give way | go down | gross | hastily | heavyset | hefty | hippy | hurl | impetuously | imposing | impulsively | kerplunk | knead | lapse | laxate | like a flash | like a thunderbolt | limber | limber up | loosen | lower | lusty | mash | massage | matter-of-fact | meaty | mellow | milden | mollify | nose-dive | obese | of a sudden | on short notice | overweight | pad | parachute | pat | patter | paunchy | pinguefy | pitapat | pitch | pitter-patter | plain | plank | plop | plop down | plumb | plummet | plunge | plunk | podgy | point-blank | poll | pop | portly | potbellied | pounce | pounce on | pounce upon | precipitantly | precipitately | precipitously | precisely | pudgy | puff up | puffy | pulp | pursy | put down | put on weight | rap | relax | right | roly-poly | rotund | round | roundabout | sag | select | set | set down | settle | settle down | shake up | sharp | side with | simple | sink | sink down | skin-dive | sky-dive | slap | slouch | slump | slump down | smack | smack-dab | smash | soften | soften up | sound | spang | square | squarely | squash | squat | squatty | stalwart | startlingly | steatopygous | stocky | stoop | stout | straight | strapping | subdue | submerge | subside | sudden | suddenly | supple | support | surprisingly | swag | swollen | swoop | swoop down | take a header | tap | tenderize | thick-bodied | thickset | throw | thrust | thud | thump | tick | tinkle | tone down | top-heavy | toss | tubby | tune down | tunk | unambiguous | unawares | unequivocal | unexpectedly | unmistakable | vote | well-fed | without notice | without warning See Also | alter | change | choose | drop | feed | give | noise | pick out | place down | put down | select | set down | take Plump In Webster's Dictionary \Plump\, a.
Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation;
blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
After the plump statement that the author was at
Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. --Saintsbury.
\Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. {Plumper} (-[~e]r); superl. {Plumpest}.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Plump}, adv.] Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. --Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. --T. Carew. \Plump\, n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] To visit islands and the plumps of men. --Chapman. \Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See {Plump}, a.] 1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped. 2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.``Dulcissa plumps into a chair.'' --Spectator. 3. To {give} a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2. \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up. To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. --Fuller. 2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water. 3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2. \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. {Plump}, a. & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. ``Fall plump.'' --Beau. & Fl. |
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