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- pronunciation:
- pluhmp
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adverb, adjective
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
plumps, plumping, plumped |
| definition: |
to come down quickly and with all one's weight.
Exhausted, she plumped onto the floor.- synonyms:
- flop, plop, plunk
- similar words:
- collapse, crumple, dive, drop, plummet, plunge, sink
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to drop (oneself) down quickly and with all one's weight.
They plumped themselves down on the bed.- synonyms:
- flop, plop
- similar words:
- plunk
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an abrupt or weighty fall.
- synonyms:
- collapse, flop
- similar words:
- dive, drop, plop, plunge, thud, thump
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| definition 2: |
the sound made by such a fall.
The books fell to the floor with a plump.- synonyms:
- clump, clunk, flop, plop, plunk, thump
- similar words:
- thud
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
abruptly, weightily, or forcefully.
He was hit plump in the stomach.- synonyms:
- abruptly, forcefully, hard, heavily, solidly, suddenly
- similar words:
- full, plumb, plunk, right, smack
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| definition 2: |
without restraint; directly.
She told him plump to his face that she didn't approve of his behavior.Trying to catch the ball, he ran plump into the fence.- synonyms:
- directly, forthright, point-blank, squarely, straight
- similar words:
- frankly, honestly, openly, plunk
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| definition 3: |
with a straight, vertical descent.
The heavy sack fell plump down the well.- synonyms:
- plumb
- similar words:
- direct, straight
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
straightforward; brusque.
- synonyms:
- abrupt, blunt, brusque, curt, direct, frank, plain-spoken, straightforward
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