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Plump Definition And Meaning
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.

Plump Definition And Meaning

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"

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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