plump — meaning, pronunciation and 7 definitions

verb

4 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
drop sharply
“The stock market plummeted”
Synonymsplummet
Broaderdrop
2.
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”
Synonymsplank flump plonk plop plunk plump down plunk down
Broaderset down
3.
make fat or plump
“We will plump out that poor starving child”
Synonymsfatten fat flesh out fill out plump out fatten out fatten up
Broaderchange
4.
give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
“I plumped for the losing candidates”
Synonymsgo
Broaderchoose

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Broadernoise

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
“a chubby child”
“pleasingly plump”
Synonymschubby embonpoint
Similarfat

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

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

Other forms of plump

plural: plumps·
past tense: plumped·
present participle: plumping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plump

What does plump mean?: plump means "drop sharply". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in plump?: plump has 1 syllable: plump. In IPA it is /ˈplʌmp/.
What is another word for plump?: Close synonyms include plummet, plank, flump, plonk, plop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is plump a common word?: plump is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for plump come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

Other forms of plump

plural

plumps·

past tense

plumped·

present participle

plumping·

Questions about plump

What does plump mean?

plump means "drop sharply". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plump?

plump has 1 syllable: plump. In IPA it is /ˈplʌmp/.

What is another word for plump?

Close synonyms include plummet, plank, flump, plonk, plop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plump a common word?

plump is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.