plotz
verb
ˈpläts 
plotzed; plotzing
1
intransitive, informal : to burst with or be overcome by strong emotion
He had long, curly hair and dangling earrings … . I knew my friends would plotz if they saw him.
Marjorie Ingall
Marjorie IngallWe … plotzed with pleasure over our makeshift breakfast. Jane and Michael Stern
Jane and Michael Stern… some old-line patrons of The Cloister plotzed at the idea of change, and indeed have never returned to the resort. Lorraine Cademartori
Lorraine Cademartori2
transitive + intransitive, informal : to drop down or allow (oneself) to drop down heavily (as from exhaustion) : plop
She plotzed herself in the carriage and took out her gin bottle and took a long swig. Harpo Marx
Harpo Marx
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Yiddish platsn "to crack, split, burst, fizzle out (of a plan)," going back to Middle High German blatzen, platzen "to strike loudly," probably going back to a West Germanic verbal base *platt- (whence also Old English plættan "to strike, slap," ēarplættan "to box the ears," Middle Dutch platten "to strike"), of onomatopoeic origin
Note: The second sense is perhaps through association with Yiddish plats "place."
First Known Use
circa 1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- therm
- therm foot
- therm leg
- thermae
- thermal
- thermal agitation
- thermal ammeter
- thermal analysis
- thermal barrier
- thermal belt
- thermal black
- thermal conduction
- thermal conductivity
- thermal converter
- thermal cracking
- thermal cutout
- thermal diffusion
- thermal diffusivity
- thermal efficiency
- thermal effusion
- thermal electromotive force
- thermal energy
- thermal equator
- thermal equilibrium
- thermal expansion