Meaning of PLUMP
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, choose, drop, feed, give, noise, pick out, place down, put down, select, set down, take | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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