'Plumping' definitions:
Definition of 'plumping'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a plumping majority"
Definition of 'Plumping'
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 'plumping'
From: GCIDE
- Floating \Float"ing\, n.
- 1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating charge