plump

in a direct line or course there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us Synonyms dead, direct, due, plumb, directly, right, straight, straightwayNear Antonyms circuitously, deviously, veeringlyAntonyms indirectly

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument angrily gave a plump of his fist against the door Synonyms bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, blow, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)Related Words counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

to throw or set down clumsily or casually plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV Synonyms flump, plank, plop, flop, plunk (or plonk)Related Words fling, heave, sling, toss; ensconce, install, plant, settle