"plump" in the noun sense

1. plump

the sound of a sudden heavy fall

"plump" in the verb sense

1. plummet, plump

drop sharply

"The stock market plummeted"

2. plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump

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"

3. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up

make fat or plump

"We will plump out that poor starving child"

4. plump, go

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

"I plumped for the losing candidates"

"plump" in the adjective sense

1. chubby, embonpoint, plump

sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

"a chubby child"

"pleasingly plump"

"plump" in the adverb sense

1. plump

straight down especially heavily or abruptly

"the anchor fell plump into the sea"

"we dropped the rock plump into the water"

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