plump meaning and definition

PLUMP noun

Definition of plump (noun)

1. the sound of a sudden heavy fall

PLUMP verb

Definition of plump (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: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk, plunk down
3. make fat or plump
   • "We will plump out that poor starving child"
   • synonyms: fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump out
4. give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
   • "I plumped for the losing candidates"
   • synonyms: go

PLUMP adjective

Definition of plump (adjective)

1. sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
   • "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";
   • synonyms: chubby, embonpoint

PLUMP adverb

Definition of plump (adverb)

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