as in to plop
to throw or set down clumsily or casually for now, just flump the rug on the floor—we'll unroll it later

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  • In episode three, a tadpolelike specimen from a facehugger is plopped into a tank with a lung.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That takes me right out of the alternative world of Alien and plops me down into our own.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Flump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flump. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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