plump

verb \ ˈpləmp \

Definition of plump

intransitive verb

1 :to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily

plumped down in the chair

2 :to favor or decide in favor of someone or something strongly or emphatically —used with for

transitive verb

1 :to drop, cast, or place suddenly or heavily

2 :to give support and favorable publicity to

Origin and Etymology of plump

Middle English

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First Known Use: 14th century

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plump

noun

Definition of plump

:a sudden plunge, fall, or blow; also :the sound made by a plump

First Known Use of plump

15th century

plump

adverb

Definition of plump

1 :with a sudden or heavy drop

2 a :straight down

b :straight ahead

3 :without qualification :directly

plump out of luck

Examples of plump in a Sentence

there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us

First Known Use of plump

1594

plump Synonyms

Synonyms

dead, direct, due, plumb, directly, right, straight, straightway

Antonyms

indirectly

Near Antonyms

circuitously, deviously, veeringly

plump

noun

Definition of plump

chiefly dialectal

:group, flock

a plump of ducks rose at the same time
—H. D. Thoreau

Origin and Etymology of plump

Middle English plumpe

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First Known Use: 15th century

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Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

plump

verb

Definition of plump

transitive verb

:to make plump

intransitive verb

:to become plump

Origin and Etymology of plump

⁶plump

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First Known Use: 1533

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plump

adjective

Definition of plump

1 :having a full rounded usually pleasing form

a plump woman

2 :ample, abundant

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plumpish

play \ˈpləm-pish\ adjective

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Examples of plump in a Sentence

His aunt pinched his plump cheeks.
she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny

Origin and Etymology of plump

Middle English, dull, blunt, from Middle Dutch plomp

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First Known Use: 1569

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plump Synonyms

Synonyms

blubbery, chubby, corpulent, fleshy, full, gross, lardy, obese, overweight, fat, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

Antonyms

lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

Related Words

beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, plumpish, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, hefty, husky; dumpy, squat, stubby; hippy, paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; ample, buxom, corn-fed, ripe, zaftig (also zoftig); endomorphic

Near Antonyms

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy; cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted; puny, scraggy, scrawny, slight; rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy; ectomorphic; anorexic

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plump

adjective

Definition of plump for English Language Learners

: having a full, rounded shape : slightly fat

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plump

adjective \ ˈpləmp \

Definition of plump for Students

plumper; plumpest

:having a pleasingly full rounded shape

plump cheeks

a plump turkey

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plumpness

noun

plump

verb

Definition of plump for Students

plumped; plumping

1 :to drop or fall heavily or suddenly

He plumped down on the couch.

2 :to come out in favor of something

I'm plumping for my favorite candidate.

plump

adverb

Definition of plump for Students

:directly 1

He ran plump into the wall.

plump

verb

Definition of plump for Students

plumped; plumping

:to make or become rounded or filled out

I plumped up the pillows.

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