plapv.int.

Brit.

/plap/, U.S.

/plæp/

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare plash v.², plash int., flap v., slap v.¹ Compare also earlier plop v.

intransitive. To come down or fall with the sound of a flat impact; to make a light slapping sound. Also as int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact

plop1821

plap1846

1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo x. 164 Constantinople beauties..waddling and plapping in their odious yellow papooshes.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxviii. 264 Hark, there is Barnes Newcome's eloquence still plapping on like water from a cistern.

1860 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Tree in Roundabout Papers 109 The white bears winked their pink eyes, as they plapped up and down by their pool.

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 231 The rain drops played ‘plap’ on my naked skin.

1987 A. Theroux Adultery 302 He had a voice colder than a dead man's nose and gummy viscid lips that plapped at each other between pronouncements.

1991 Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 47 The small waves plapped in close to her feet, curling over on themselves, sending in a listless foam.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plap
释义	plapv.int. Brit. /plap/, U.S. /plæp/ Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare plash v.², plash int., flap v., slap v.¹ Compare also earlier plop v. intransitive. To come down or fall with the sound of a flat impact; to make a light slapping sound. Also as int. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact plop1821 plap1846 1846 W. M. Thackeray Notes Journey Cornhill to Cairo x. 164 Constantinople beauties..waddling and plapping in their odious yellow papooshes. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxviii. 264 Hark, there is Barnes Newcome's eloquence still plapping on like water from a cistern. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Christmas Tree in Roundabout Papers 109 The white bears winked their pink eyes, as they plapped up and down by their pool. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 231 The rain drops played ‘plap’ on my naked skin. 1987 A. Theroux Adultery 302 He had a voice colder than a dead man's nose and gummy viscid lips that plapped at each other between pronouncements. 1991 Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 47 The small waves plapped in close to her feet, curling over on themselves, sending in a listless foam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.int.1846
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