plump.
Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
Meaning & usage
Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
a plump baby; plump cheeks
Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).
To grow plump; to swell out.
Her cheeks have plumped.
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
To give a plumper (kind of vote).
To give (a vote), as a plumper.
To favor or decide in favor of.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).
To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
to plump a stone into water
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.
The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.
A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
a plump of trees, fowls, or spears
A group of ducks or geese migrating, or sometimes other groups of birds.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English plump.
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