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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  • Sea turtles, for example, haul themselves out onto beaches during breeding season to dig nests and plop dozens of eggs into the sandy divots before returning to the waves.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • GoPro plopped the same sensor from the Hero12 into the Hero13, so there’s no bump in resolution or low-light video quality.
    Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Flump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flump. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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