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单词 plump
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plump

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verb (1)

ˈpləmp How to pronounce plump (audio)
plumped; plumping; plumps

intransitive verb

1
: to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
plumped down in the chair
2
: to favor or decide in favor of someone or something strongly or emphatically
used with for

transitive verb

1
: to drop, cast, or place suddenly or heavily
2
: to give support and favorable publicity to

plump

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noun (1)

: a sudden plunge, fall, or blow
also : the sound made by a plump

plump

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adverb

1
: with a sudden or heavy drop
2
a
: straight down
b
: straight ahead
3
: without qualification : directly
plump out of luck

plump

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noun (2)

chiefly dialectal
: group, flock
a plump of ducks rose at the same time H. D. Thoreau

plump

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verb (2)

plumped; plumping; plumps

transitive verb

: to make plump

intransitive verb

: to become plump

plump

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adjective

1
: having a full rounded usually pleasing form
a plump woman
2
: ample, abundant
plumpish
ˈpləm-pish How to pronounce plump (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

Verb (1)

  • flop
  • flump
  • plank
  • plop
  • plunk
  • plonk

Noun (1)

  • bang
  • bash
  • bat
  • beat
  • belt
  • biff
  • blow
  • bop
  • box
  • buffet
  • bust
  • chop
  • clap
  • clip
  • clout
  • crack
  • cuff
  • dab
  • douse [British]
  • fillip
  • hack
  • haymaker
  • hit
  • hook
  • knock
  • larrup [dialect]
  • lash
  • lick
  • pelt
  • pick
  • poke
  • pound
  • punch
  • rap
  • slam
  • slap
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • sock
  • spank
  • stinger
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • wallop
  • welt
  • whack
  • wham
  • whop
  • whap

Adverb

  • dead
  • direct
  • directly
  • due
  • plumb
  • right
  • straight
  • straightway

Adjective

  • blubbery
  • chubby
  • corpulent
  • fat
  • fleshy
  • full
  • gross
  • lardy
  • obese
  • overweight
  • podgy [chiefly British]
  • portly
  • pudgy
  • replete
  • roly-poly
  • rotund
  • round
  • tubby
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Example Sentences

Adverb there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us Adjective His aunt pinched his plump cheeks. she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English

Noun (2)

Middle English plumpe

Adjective and Verb (2)

Middle English, dull, blunt, from Middle Dutch plomp

First Known Use

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

1533, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Adjective

1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

plump 1 of 4

adjective

ˈpləmp How to pronounce plump (audio)
plumper; plumpest
: having a pleasingly full rounded shape
plump cheeks
a plump turkey

plump

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verb

plumped; plumping
1
: to drop or fall heavily or suddenly
He plumped down on the couch.
2
: to come out in favor of something
I'm plumping for my favorite candidate.

plump

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adverb

: directly sense 1
He ran plump into the wall.

plump

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verb

plumped; plumping
: to make or become rounded or filled out
I plumped up the pillows.

plump 1 of 4

adjective

as in fat
having an excess of body fat she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fat
  • round
  • chubby
  • full
  • rotund
  • pudgy
  • corpulent
  • fleshy
  • tubby
  • thick
  • stout
  • obese
  • lardy
  • ripe
  • overweight
  • husky
  • portly
  • blubbery
  • podgy
  • roly-poly
  • gross
  • heavy
  • soft
  • replete
  • stocky
  • beefy
  • thickset
  • chunky
  • burly
  • flabby
  • buxom
  • heavyset
  • bulky
  • dumpy
  • paunchy
  • squat
  • brawny
  • plumpish
  • potbellied
  • stubby
  • weighty
  • hefty
  • ample
  • zaftig
  • hippy
  • endomorphic
  • corn-fed
  • zoftig

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slender
  • thin
  • skinny
  • lean
  • slim
  • bony
  • lanky
  • gaunt
  • sinewy
  • spare
  • haggard
  • scrawny
  • lank
  • skeletal
  • angular
  • rawboned
  • emaciated
  • pinched
  • cadaverous
  • scraggy
  • svelte
  • puny
  • willowy
  • spindly
  • stringy
  • wasted
  • slight
  • weedy
  • boney
  • rangy
  • twiggy
  • waspish
  • reedy
  • sylphlike
  • anorexic
  • ectomorphic
  • spindling
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plump

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adverb

as in straight
in a direct line or course there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • straight
  • right
  • dead
  • direct
  • plumb
  • straightway
  • due
  • directly
  • as the crow flies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indirectly
  • circuitously
  • deviously
  • veeringly

plump

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noun

as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument angrily gave a plump of his fist against the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blow
  • thump
  • slap
  • pound
  • punch
  • whack
  • hit
  • poke
  • thud
  • knock
  • swipe
  • lick
  • smack
  • stroke
  • bang
  • spank
  • beat
  • slam
  • pelt
  • slug
  • chop
  • hook
  • clip
  • lash
  • bust
  • clap
  • kick
  • box
  • pick
  • sock
  • switch
  • buffet
  • crack
  • bop
  • belt
  • swat
  • smash
  • licking
  • bat
  • cuff
  • welt
  • wallop
  • fillip
  • dab
  • thwack
  • stripe
  • hack
  • biff
  • haymaker
  • knee
  • whop
  • rap
  • wham
  • clout
  • douse
  • beating
  • pounding
  • bash
  • left
  • swing
  • larrup
  • stinger
  • hand
  • counter
  • counterblow
  • body blow
  • right
  • whap
  • counterstroke
  • sucker punch
  • rabbit punch
  • knockout
  • whip
  • counterpunch
  • whipping
  • hammering
  • pummeling
  • shiver
  • thrashing
  • cruncher
  • flogging
  • battering
  • knockdown
  • roundhouse
  • walloping
  • clobbering
  • uppercut
  • pummelling
  • cudgelling
  • bastinade
  • bludgeoning
  • bastinado
  • drubbing
  • lambasting
  • cudgeling
  • one-two
  • kayo
  • sidewinder
  • right-hander
  • pasting
  • KO

plump

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verb

as in to plop
to throw or set down clumsily or casually plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • plop
  • flump
  • plunk
  • flop
  • toss
  • plonk
  • plank
  • fling
  • ensconce
  • heave
  • sling
  • plant
  • settle
  • install
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