American English pronunciation

How to pronounce plump

IPA transcription: [p'lʌmp]

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Noun

  • the sound of a sudden heavy fall

Verb

  • drop sharply

    “The stock market plummeted”

  • 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”

  • make fat or plump

    “We will plump out that poor starving child”

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

    “I plumped for the losing candidates”

Adjective

  • sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

    “a chubby child”

    “pleasingly plump”

Adverb

  • 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.