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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
plop

  1. n.
    the sound of dropping something soft and bulky, such as a hunk of meat. : When the roast fell on the floor, it made a nasty plop.
  2. tv.
    to put or place something (somewhere). : I don't mind cooking a turkey. You only have to plop it in the oven and forget about it.
  3. tv.
    to sit oneself down somewhere; to place one's buttocks somewhere. (The it in the examples is the buttocks.) : Come in, Fred. Just plop it anywhere you see a chair. This place is a mess.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

plop  (v.)
1821, imitative of the sound of a smooth object dropping into water.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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