plump
adjective
[ plʌmp ]
• having a full rounded shape.
• "the berries were plump and sweet"
Similar:
chubby,
fat,
stout,
rotund,
buxom,
well upholstered,
well covered,
well padded,
of ample proportions,
ample,
roly-poly,
round,
rounded,
well rounded,
full,
fattish,
dumpy,
chunky,
broad in the beam,
portly,
overweight,
fleshy,
paunchy,
bulky,
corpulent,
tubby,
pudgy,
beefy,
porky,
blubbery,
poddy,
podgy,
fubsy,
lard-arsed,
zaftig,
corn-fed,
pursy,
abdominous,
plump
verb
• shake or pat (a cushion or pillow) to adjust its stuffing and make it rounded and soft.
• "she plumped up her pillows"
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘blunt, forthright’): related to Middle Dutch plomp, Middle Low German plump, plomp ‘blunt, obtuse, blockish’. The sense has become appreciative, perhaps by association with plum.
plump
verb
• set (something) down heavily or unceremoniously.
• "she plumped her bag on the table"
Similar:
put,
put down,
set,
set down,
deposit,
dump,
stick,
place,
plonk,
bung,
plunk,
plump
noun
• an abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.
• "the wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump"
plump
adverb
• with a sudden or heavy fall.
• "she sat down plump on the bed"
• directly and bluntly.
• "he must tell her plump and plain that he was on the dole"
Origin:
late Middle English: related to Middle Low German plumpen, Middle Dutch plompen ‘fall into water’, probably of imitative origin.
plump
noun
• a flock of wildfowl.
• "a plump of ducks rose at the same time"
Origin:
late Middle English (in sense ‘group of people’): of uncertain origin; possibly related to clump and lump1.