plump down

1. 1.

   drop heavily

   Synonymsplonk downplank down

   Broaderdrop
2. 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”

   Synonymsplankflumpplonkplopplunkplunk downplump

   Broaderset down

Questions about plump down

What does plump down mean?

plump down means "drop heavily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for plump down?

Close synonyms include plonk down, plank down, plank, flump, plonk. 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 down a common word?

plump down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.