American English pronunciation
How to pronounce plump
IPA transcription: [p'lʌmp]
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Noun
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the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Verb
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drop sharply
“The stock market plummeted”
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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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make fat or plump
“We will plump out that poor starving child”
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give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
“I plumped for the losing candidates”
Adjective
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sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
“a chubby child”
“pleasingly plump”
Adverb
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straight down especially heavily or abruptly
“the anchor fell plump into the sea”
“we dropped the rock plump into the water”
Usage examples
- Contemporary accounts refer to him as plump, red-faced and middle aged.
- Taidar is a happy-go-lucky, leisurely, faithfulness, bearded plump man with punk fashion.
- As she leaves, the Captain remarks that she is "a plump and pleasing person".
- The main Vairocana image's features are plumpish and of peaceful and natural expression.
- “Meantime I vote we have a game of bridge,” said the plump one.