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plump.

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/plʌmp/
  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

    a plump baby; plump cheeks
  2. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

  3. 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”).

verb/plʌmp/
  1. To grow plump; to swell out.

    intransitive
    Her cheeks have plumped.
  2. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

    transitive
    to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
  3. To give a plumper (kind of vote).

    intransitive
  4. To give (a vote), as a plumper.

    transitive
  5. To favor or decide in favor of.

    intransitive
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”).

verb/plʌmp/
  1. To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.

    transitive
    to plump a stone into water
  2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.

adv/plʌmp/
  1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.

noun/plʌmp/
  1. 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.

noun/plʌmp/
  1. A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

    obsolete
    a plump of trees, fowls, or spears
  2. A group of ducks or geese migrating, or sometimes other groups of birds.

    collective
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English plump.

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