plip-plopn.int.
/ˈplɪpˌplɒp/, /ˌplɪpˈplɒp/, U.S. /ˈˌplɪpˈˌplɑp/ A. n.
A rhythmic sequence of light tapping, popping, or splashing sounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm
cadence1667
throb throb1857
clip-clop1863
chip-chop1876
rum-tum1879
pom-pom1892
throb1892
heartbeat1898
bounce1937
plip-plop1953
1953 John o' London's Weekly 23 Jan. 75/3 Several percussion players produced delicate plip-plops, and three sopranos murmured the vocal line.
1961 Countryman Autumn 516 Then a ‘plip-plop’... The donkey..was tittupping round the dustbin.
1993 D. A. Smith In Cube xvii. 217 They fell from the arched brick ceilings with continuous plip-plops.
B. int.
Representing such a rhythmic sequence of light sounds.
ΚΠ
1960 Holland (Mich.) Evening Sentinel 15 Jan. 8 Plip-plop went the slippers.
1961 Countryman Autumn 514 Plip-plop went the donkey's decorously pointing toes.
1990 B. Cornwell Sharpe's Waterloo iv. 58 When he's not drunk he squeezes his spots. Plip plop, plip plop! Ugh!
Derivatives
ˈplip-plopping adj. making a light rhythmic, splashing sound.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective] > regular or alternating rhythm
pulsive1960
plip-plopping1979
1979 J. Barnett Backfire is Hostile! xiv. 165 Rain began to fall slowly, in large separate plip-plopping drops.
1996 Q Jan. 147/1 Cortez sliding from plip-plopping delicacy to full-on surging, assisted by tasty bursts of guitar, snorting saxophone or the occasional girlie chorus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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