 plump |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] euphemisms for slightly fat | |
| Synonyms: | chubby embonpoint zaftig zoftig buxom | |
| Examples: | "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton "chubby babies" "pleasingly plump" |
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| Related terms: | fat | |
| 2. | [ verb ] give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number | |
| Synonyms: | go | |
| Examples: | "I plumped for the losing candidates" |
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| Related terms: | choose | |
| 3. | [ verb ] set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | |
| Synonyms: | plunk flump plop plonk plump_down plunk_down plank | |
| Examples: | "He planked the money on the table" "He planked himself into the sofa" |
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| Related terms: | set_down plonk | |
| 4. | [ verb ] drop sharply | |
| Synonyms: | plummet | |
| Examples: | "The stock market plummeted" |
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| Related terms: | drop | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make fat or plump | |
| Synonyms: | fatten fill_out flesh_out plump_out fatten_out fatten_up fat | |
| Examples: | "We will plump out that poor starving child" |
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| Related terms: | change feed | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] (informal) straight down especially heavily or abruptly | |
| Examples: | "the anchor fell plump into the sea" "we dropped the rock plump into the water" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism | |
| 7. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21326 | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the sound of a sudden heavy fall | |
| Related terms: | noise plummet | |
| Similar spelling: |
plumping plump_up plump_in plumb plumbism plumbic plumber plumbed |
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