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plump

UK/plʌmp/ US/ˈplʌmp/ uncommon obsolete
adjective (1) noun (1) adverb (1) verb (4)

adjective

1.

euphemisms for slightly fat

  • “a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular” Robt.A.Hamilton
  • “chubby babies”
  • “pleasingly plump”
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noun

1.

the sound of a sudden heavy fall

adverb

1.

straight down especially heavily or abruptly

  • “the anchor fell plump into the sea”
  • “we dropped the rock plump into the water”

verb

1.

drop sharply

  • “The stock market plummeted”
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2.

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

  • “He planked the money on the table”
  • “He planked himself into the sofa”
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3.

make fat or plump

  • “We will plump out that poor starving child”
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4.

give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

  • “I plumped for the losing candidates”
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Origin

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).

Phrases

  • plump down
  • plump for
  • plump up

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