Definition of 'plump'

Noun

1. the sound of a sudden heavy fall

Verb

1. drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"
      Synonyms: plummet
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"
      Synonyms: plank flump plonk plop plunk plump down plunk down
3. make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
      Synonyms: fatten fat flesh out fill out plump out fatten out fatten up
4. give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
      Synonyms: go

Adjective

1. euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"
      Synonyms: buxom chubby embonpoint zaftig zoftig

Adverb

1. straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"

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