'Plump' definitions:
Definition of 'plump'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"
adjective
Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn: chubby, embonpoint, plump]
noun
The sound of a sudden heavy fall
verb
Drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet, plump]
verb
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" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump]
verb
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up]
verb
Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" [syn: plump, go]
Definition of 'Plump'
From: GCIDE
- Plump \Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. Plumper (pl[u^]mp"[~e]r); superl. Plumpest.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.]
- 1. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. --T. Carew. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
- After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. --Saintsbury. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Plump'
From: GCIDE
- Plump \Plump\, n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To visit islands and the plumps of men. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plump'
From: GCIDE
- Plump \Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
- 1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa plumps into a chair." --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plump'
From: GCIDE
- Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping.]
- 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
- To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plump'
From: GCIDE
- Plump \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plump'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abruptly,
- adipose,
- ample,
- at once,
- back,
- ballot,
- bang,
- beamy,
- become overweight,
- beefy,
- big-bellied,
- bloated,
- blowzy,
- blunt,
- bosomy,
- brawny,
- bump,
- burly,
- busty,
- buxom,
- campaign for,
- canvass,
- cast,
- cast a ballot,
- cave,
- cave in,
- chink,
- choose,
- chubby,
- chuck,
- chunky,
- clap,
- click,
- clink,
- clop,
- clump,
- clunk,
- collapse,
- corpulent,
- crump,
- cushion,
- dash,
- decline,
- definite,
- definitive,
- deposit,
- direct,
- directly,
- distended,
- dive,
- divide,
- downright,
- droop,
- drop,
- dull thud,
- dumpy,
- ease,
- engross,
- exactly,
- fall,
- fat,
- fatten,
- fattish,
- fleshy,
- flick,
- fling,
- flop,
- flop down,
- fluff,
- flump,
- flump down,
- flush,
- forthright,
- founder,
- full,
- full-bodied,
- gain weight,
- gather flesh,
- gentle,
- give way,
- go down,
- gross,
- hastily,
- heavyset,
- hefty,
- hippy,
- hurl,
- impetuously,
- imposing,
- impulsively,
- kerplunk,
- knead,
- lapse,
- laxate,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- limber,
- limber up,
- loosen,
- lower,
- lusty,
- mash,
- massage,
- matter-of-fact,
- meaty,
- mellow,
- milden,
- mollify,
- nose-dive,
- obese,
- of a sudden,
- on short notice,
- overweight,
- pad,
- parachute,
- pat,
- patter,
- paunchy,
- pinguefy,
- pitapat,
- pitch,
- pitter-patter,
- plain,
- plank,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plumb,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- podgy,
- point-blank,
- poll,
- pop,
- portly,
- potbellied,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- precisely,
- pudgy,
- puff up,
- puffy,
- pulp,
- pursy,
- put down,
- put on weight,
- rap,
- relax,
- right,
- roly-poly,
- rotund,
- round,
- roundabout,
- sag,
- select,
- set,
- set down,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shake up,
- sharp,
- side with,
- simple,
- sink,
- sink down,
- skin-dive,
- sky-dive,
- slap,
- slouch,
- slump,
- slump down,
- smack,
- smack-dab,
- smash,
- soften,
- soften up,
- sound,
- spang,
- square,
- squarely,
- squash,
- squat,
- squatty,
- stalwart,
- startlingly,
- steatopygous,
- stocky,
- stoop,
- stout,
- straight,
- strapping,
- subdue,
- submerge,
- subside,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- supple,
- support,
- surprisingly,
- swag,
- swollen,
- swoop,
- swoop down,
- take a header,
- tap,
- tenderize,
- thick-bodied,
- thickset,
- throw,
- thrust,
- thud,
- thump,
- tick,
- tinkle,
- tone down,
- top-heavy,
- toss,
- tubby,
- tune down,
- tunk,
- unambiguous,
- unawares,
- unequivocal,
- unexpectedly,
- unmistakable,
- vote,
- well-fed,
- without notice,
- without warning