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flump
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb flump has 2 senses
- flump(v = verb.motion) flump down - fall heavily; Array is one way to drop
- flump(v = verb.contact) plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down - set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" is one way to place down, put down, set down
Sample sentence:
The branches flump from the trees
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flump, v. & n.
--v. (often foll. by down)
1 intr. fall or move heavily.
2 tr. set or throw down with a heavy thud.
--n. the action or sound of flumping.
--v. (often foll. by down)
1 intr. fall or move heavily.
2 tr. set or throw down with a heavy thud.
--n. the action or sound of flumping.
Etymology
imit.
THESAURUS
flump
bump, cave, cave in, chink, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, crump, decline, droop, dull thud, flick, flop, flop down, flump down, founder, give way, go down, lapse, lower, pad, pat, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, plop, plop down, plump, plunk, pop, rap, sag, set, settle, settle down, sink, sink down, slouch, slump, slump down, submerge, subside, swag, tap, thud, thump, tick, tinkle, tunk
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