plump

/plʌmp/

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Explanation of the Word "Plump"

Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb

Summary

"Plump" can describe a pleasing fullness in people or objects, refer to a heavy fall, or even denote a choice made among options. It has various forms and related meanings, making it a versatile word in English.

Academic

Adjective

1. sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
   • a chubby child
   • pleasingly plump

Adverb

1. straight down especially heavily or abruptly
   • the anchor fell plump into the sea
   • we dropped the rock plump into the water

Noun

1. the sound of a sudden heavy fall

Verb

1. give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
   • I plumped for the losing candidates
2. make fat or plump
   • We will plump out that poor starving child
3. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
   • He planked the money on the table
   • He planked himself into the sofa
4. drop sharply
   • The stock market plummeted

Synonyms

• chubby
• embonpoint
• go
• fatten
• fat
• flesh out
• fill out
• plump out
• fatten out
• fatten up
• plank
• flump
• plonk
• plop
• plunk
• plump down
• plunk down
• plummet