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plump

2[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)
3. to drop or throw heavily or suddenly (often fol. by down): He plumped himself down and fell asleep.
4. to utter or say bluntly (often fol. by out): She plumps out the truth at the oddest times.
5. to praise or extol: road signs plumping the delights of a new candy bar.
–noun
6. a heavy or sudden fall.
7. the sound resulting from such a fall.
–adverb
8. with a heavy or sudden fall or drop.
9. directly or bluntly, as in speaking.
10. in a vertical direction; straight down.
11. with sudden encounter.
12. with direct impact.
–adjective
13. direct; downright; blunt.
14. plump for, to support enthusiastically; be wholeheartedly in favor of: to plump for a team.

Origin:
1300–50; ME plumpen (v.), c. D plompen; prob. imit.
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Word Origin & History

plump  (v.)
c.1300, "to fall or strike with a full impact," from M.Du. plompen, or M.L.G. plumpen, probably of imitative origin. Meaning "to plump (something) up, to cause to swell" is first recorded 1533, from the adj.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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