plump

Meaning of plump

adjective
  1. having a full rounded shape.
    the berries were plump and sweet
verb
  1. shake or pat (a cushion or pillow) to adjust its stuffing and make it rounded and soft.
    she plumped up her pillows
    I was running from the kitchen to the living room, plumping the cushions and getting drinks in place

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.

verb
  1. set (something) down heavily or unceremoniously.
    she plumped her bag on the table
noun
  1. an abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.
    the wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump
adverb
  1. with a sudden or heavy fall.
    she sat down plump on the bed
  2. directly and bluntly.
    he must tell her plump and plain that he was on the dole

late Middle English: related to Middle Low German plumpen, Middle Dutch plompen ‘fall into water’, probably of imitative origin.

noun
  1. a flock of wildfowl.
    a plump of ducks rose at the same time

late Middle English (in sense ‘group of people’): of uncertain origin; possibly related to clump and lump1.

Information about plump

  • The plural form of plump is: plumps.
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Hyphenation of plump

plump

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • plump is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

plump synonyms

Meaning buxom:

buxom, chubby, embonpoint, zaftig, zoftig

Meaning plummet:

plummet

Meaning plank:

plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk

Meaning fatten:

fatten, fat

Meaning go:

go

Meaning (of a person) rather fat or of heavy build:

stout

Meaning (of a person) large and plump:

rotund

Meaning enough or more than enough; plentiful:

ample

Meaning (of a person's body) plump:

round

Meaning having a smooth, curved surface:

rounded

Meaning (of a person's figure or part of the body) plump or rounded:

full

Meaning (of a person) short and stout:

dumpy

Meaning bulky and thick:

chunky

Meaning having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man):

portly

Meaning above a weight considered normal or desirable:

overweight

Meaning (of a person or part of the body) having a substantial amount of flesh; plump:

fleshy

Meaning having a large or protruding belly:

paunchy

Meaning (of a person) heavily built:

bulky

Meaning (of a person) fat:

corpulent

Meaning short and rather fat:

tubby

Meaning (of a person or part of their body) rather fat:

pudgy

Meaning muscular or robust:

beefy

Meaning (of a person or part of their body) fleshy or fat:

porky

Meaning (of a young farm animal) fed by hand:

poddy

Meaning (of a person or part of their body) rather fat; chubby:

podgy

Meaning fat and squat:

fubsy

Meaning (especially of a horse) short of breath; asthmatic:

pursy

Meaning (of a person) having a large belly; fat:

abdominous

Meaning move to or place in a particular position:

put

Meaning put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position:

set

Meaning put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place:

deposit

Meaning deposit or dispose of (rubbish, waste, or unwanted material), typically in a careless or hurried way:

dump

Meaning a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:

stick

Meaning put in a particular position:

place

Meaning close with a stopper:

bung

plump antonyms

Meaning with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together:

thin

Meaning (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin:

slender

Meaning (of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin:

skinny

Words that rhyme with plump

lump, clump, flump, glump, schlump, shlump, Klump, deplump, overplump, thunderplump, unplump, Slump, minislump, slump

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