plump

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[ pluhmp ]
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adjective,plump·er, plump·est.
  1. well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.

verb (used without object)
  1. to become plump (often followed by up or out).

verb (used with object)
  1. to make plump (often followed by up or out): to plump up the sofa pillows.

Origin of plump

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First recorded in 1475–85; earlier plompe “dull, rude,” from Middle Dutch plomp “blunt, squat”; cognate with Middle Low German plump “uneducated, clumsy”

synonym study For plump

1. See stout.

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Opposites for plump

Other words from plump

  • plumply, adverb
  • plumpness, noun

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Other definitions for plump (2 of 3)

plump2
[ pluhmp ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.

  2. Chiefly British. to vote exclusively for one candidate in an election, instead of distributing or splitting one's votes among a number.

verb (used with object)
  1. to drop or throw heavily or suddenly (often followed by down): He plumped himself down and fell asleep.

  2. to utter or say bluntly (often followed by out): She plumps out the truth at the oddest times.

  1. to praise or extol: road signs plumping the delights of a new candy bar.

noun
  1. a heavy or sudden fall.

  2. the sound resulting from such a fall.

adverb
  1. with a heavy or sudden fall or drop.

  2. directly or bluntly, as in speaking.

  1. in a vertical direction; straight down.

  2. with sudden encounter.

  3. with direct impact.

adjective
  1. direct; downright; blunt: Days after being accused, they met the charge with a plump denial.

Verb Phrases
  1. plump for, to support enthusiastically; be wholeheartedly in favor of: to plump for a team.

Origin of plump

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First recorded in 1375–1425; Middle English verb plumpen “to plunge into water, dive,” cognate with Dutch plompen; probably imitative

Other definitions for plump (3 of 3)

plump3
[ pluhmp ]

nounChiefly British Dialect.
  1. a group or cluster.

  2. a flock: a plump of ducks.

Origin of plump

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First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English plump; origin unknown

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British Dictionary definitions for plump (1 of 3)

plump1

/ (plʌmp) /


adjective
  1. well filled out or rounded; fleshy or chubby: a plump turkey

  2. bulging, as with contents; full: a plump wallet

  1. (of amounts of money) generous; ample: a plump cheque

verb
  1. (often foll by up or out) to make or become plump: to plump up a pillow

Origin of plump

1
C15 (meaning: dull, rude), C16 (in current senses): perhaps from Middle Dutch plomp dull, blunt

Derived forms of plump

  • plumply, adverb
  • plumpness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for plump (2 of 3)

plump2

/ (plʌmp) /


verb
  1. (often foll by down, into, etc) to drop or fall suddenly and heavily: to plump down on the sofa

  2. (intr foll by for) to give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

noun
  1. a heavy abrupt fall or the sound of this

adverb
  1. suddenly or heavily: he ran plump into the old lady

  2. straight down; directly: the helicopter landed plump in the middle of the field

adjective, adverb
  1. in a blunt, direct, or decisive manner

Origin of plump

2
C14: probably of imitative origin; compare Middle Low German plumpen, Middle Dutch plompen

British Dictionary definitions for plump (3 of 3)

plump3

/ (plʌmp) /


noun
  1. archaic, or dialect a group of people, animals, or things; troop; cluster

Origin of plump

3
C15: of uncertain origin

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