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plop
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun plop has 1 sense
- plop(n = noun.event) Array - the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash; Array is a kind of noise
Derived forms verb plop2, verb plop1
Verb plop has 3 senses
- plop(v = verb.motion) Array - drop something with a plopping sound; Array is one way to drop
- plop(v = verb.motion) Array - drop with the sound of something falling into water; Array is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
- plop(v = verb.contact) flump, plank, plonk, 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
Derived form noun plop1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived form noun plop1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentences:
The children plop in the rocking chair
There plop some children in the rocking chair
Adverbial plop has 1 sense
- plop(r = adv.all) plunk - with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"
CIDE DICTIONARY
plop, v. i. [Imitative.].
To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water.
"The body plopped up, turning on its side."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
plop, n.
Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
plop, n., v., & adv.
--n.
1 a sound as of a smooth object dropping into water without a splash.
2 an act of falling with this sound.
--v. (plopped, plopping) intr. & tr. fall or drop with a plop.
--adv. with a plop.
--n.
1 a sound as of a smooth object dropping into water without a splash.
2 an act of falling with this sound.
--v. (plopped, plopping) intr. & tr. fall or drop with a plop.
--adv. with a plop.
Etymology
19th c.: imit.
THESAURUS
plop
abruptly, bang, blubber, boil, boil over, bubble, bubble over, bubble up, burble, cast, cave, cave in, chuck, clap, dash, decline, dive, droop, drop, effervesce, exactly, fall, ferment, fizz, fizzle, fling, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, flush, founder, full, give way, go down, guggle, gurgle, hastily, hiss, hurl, impetuously, impulsively, kerplunk, lapse, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, lower, nose-dive, of a sudden, on short notice, parachute, pitch, plank, plop down, plumb, plummet, plump, plunge, plunk, point-blank, pop, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely, right, sag, seethe, set, settle, settle down, sharp, simmer, sink, sink down, skin-dive, sky-dive, slap, slouch, slump, slump down, smack, smack-dab, sound, spang, sparkle, square, squarely, startlingly, stoop, straight, submerge, subside, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, swag, swoop, swoop down, take a header, throw, thrust, toss, unawares, unexpectedly, without notice, without warning, work
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