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Adjective: plump (plumper,plumpest)  plúmp
  1. Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
    "pleasingly plump";
    - chubby, embonpoint
Noun: plump  plúmp
  1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall
Verb: plump  plúmp
  1. Drop sharply
    "The stock market plumped";
    - plummet
     
  2. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
    "He plumped down the money on the table";
    - plank [informal], flump [informal], plonk [informal], plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, slap
     
  3. Make fat or plump
    "We will plump out that poor starving child";
    - fatten, fat [archaic], flesh out, fill out, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
     
  4. Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
    "I plumped for the losing candidates";
    - go
Adverb: plump  plúmp
  1. Straight down especially heavily or abruptly
    "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"

Derived forms: plumper, plumped, plumps, plumpest, plumping

See also: fat

Type of: alter, change, choose, drop, modify, noise, pick out, place down, put down, select, set down, take

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