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flump

[fluhmp]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1. to plump down suddenly or heavily; flop.
–noun
2. the act or sound of flumping.

Origin:
1810–20; b. of flop + plump
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flump   (flŭmp)   
n.  A dull heavy sound, as of something dropped on a surface.
v.   flumped, flump·ing, flumps

v.   intr.
To move or fall heavily with a dull sound: flumped onto the sofa.
v.   tr.
To place or drop with a flump.

[Imitative.]
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