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plop

  [plop] verb, plopped, plop⋅ping, noun, adverb
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water: A frog plopped into the pond.
2. to fall with such a sound: Big raindrops plopped against the window.
3. to drop or fall with full force or direct impact: He plopped into a chair.
–verb (used with object)
4. to drop or set down heavily: She plopped her books on the desk.
5. to cause to plop: The fisherman plopped the bait into the river.
–noun
6. a plopping sound or fall.
7. the act of plopping.
–adverb
8. with a plop: The stone fell plop into the water.
Origin:
1815–25; imit.
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plop   (plŏp)   
v.   plopped, plop·ping, plops

v.   intr.
  1. To fall with a sound like that of an object falling into water without splashing.
  2. To let the body drop heavily: Exhausted, I plopped into the armchair.
v.   tr.
To drop or set heavily, with or as if with a plopping sound: plopped the child into the stroller.
n.  A plopping sound or movement.

[Imitative.]
plop adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Plop

Plop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plopping.] [Imitative.] To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water.

The body plopped up, turning on its side. --Kipling.

Plop

Plop\, n. Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : plop
Spanish: plaf,
German: der Plumps, das Plumpsen,
Japanese: どぶんという音
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plop  (v.)
1821, imitative of the sound of a smooth object dropping into water.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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