Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To drop abruptly or heavily.
- intransitive verb To give full support or praise.
- intransitive verb To throw down or drop (something) abruptly or heavily.
- noun A heavy or abrupt fall or collision.
- noun The sound of a heavy fall or collision.
- adjective Blunt; direct.
- adverb With a heavy or abrupt drop.
- adverb With a full or sudden impact.
- adverb Directly.
- adverb Without qualification; bluntly.
- adjective Well-rounded and full in form; chubby. synonym: fat.
- adjective Abundant; ample.
- intransitive verb To make well-rounded or full in form.
- intransitive verb To become well-rounded, chubby, or full in form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A knot; a cluster; a group; a clump; a number of persons, animals, or things closely united or standing together; a covey.
- Full and well-rounded; hence,of a person, fleshy; fat; chubby: as, a plump figure; a plump habit of body; of things, filled out and distended; rounded: as, a plump seed.
- Figuratively, round; fat; large; full.
- Dry; hard.
- To grow plump; enlarge to fullness; swell.
- To make plump, full, or distended; extend to fullness; dilate; fatten.
- At once, as with a sudden heavy fall; suddenly; heavily; without warning or preparation; very unexpectedly; downright; right.
- Blunt; downright; unreserved; unqualified: as, a plump lie.
- noun A sudden heavy downfall of rain.
- To plunge or fall like a heavy mass or lump of dead matter; fall suddenly.
- To vote for a single candidate, when one has the right to vote for two or more
- To cause to fall suddenly and heavily: as, to
plump a stone into water
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock.
- adjective Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat
- adjective Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
- intransitive verb To grow plump; to swell out.
- intransitive verb To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
- intransitive verb To
give a plumper. SeePlumper , 2. - transitive verb To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with
up . - transitive verb To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
- transitive verb To give (a vote), as a plumper. See
Plumper , 2. - adverb Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
- verb intransitive To
drop orfall suddenly or heavily, all at once. - verb intransitive To give a
plumper . - verb transitive To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
- verb transitive To
cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water. - verb transitive To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- adjective Having a full and rounded shape;
chubby ,somewhat overweight . - adjective
Fat . - adverb
Directly ;suddenly ;perpendicularly . - noun obsolete A
knot orcluster ; agroup ; acrowd .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb straight down especially heavily or abruptly
- verb drop sharply
- noun the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And running his eyes over those still standing on the bank, he called a plump little woman, the wife of a Llandaff tutor, who had been walking with Mrs. Hooper.
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"Look," he said, "on these fellows, that we call the plump Hollanders; behold their diligence in fishing, and our own careless negligence!"
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September 10, 2009 at 9:25 pm who u be calling plump!
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“O, slothful England and careless countrymen! look but on these fellows that we call the plump Hollanders!
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'There was a time when I was called plump Reuben,' quoth my friend, as we rode together up the winding track.
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At the end of another six months the men called her plump, and the women fat.
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That young lassie will get described as plump some day, if she doesn't take care.
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Nancy, Polly and Peggy -- four blooming lasses of ages ranging from ten to fourteen, and bearing to each other so strong a family likeness that they may collectively be described as plump, fair, rosy, blue-eyed and brown-haired.
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As one friend remembers, Denny had a personality "that could fill a room", but she was beset with insecurities about her appearance - she was devastated when a music journalist referred to her as "plump" - and her career was increasingly undermined by heavy drinking and drug use.
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As one friend remembers, Denny had a personality "that could fill a room", but she was beset with insecurities about her appearance - she was devastated when a music journalist referred to her as "plump" - and her career was increasingly undermined by heavy drinking and drug use.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
skipvia commented on the word plump
A flock of waterfowl
November 16, 2007
blafferty commented on the word plump
This word is in such an interesting mix of positive and negative lists!
May 30, 2011