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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,
Opposite: thin, slender, skinny,

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.

plump for

• decide definitely in favour of one of two or more possibilities.
"offered a choice of drinks, he plumped for brandy"



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