English Explanatory Dictionary

plump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
  2. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
  3. Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.
verb
  1. To grow plump; to swell out.
  2. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
  3. To give a plumper (kind of vote).
  4. To give (a vote), as a plumper.
  5. To favor or decide in favor of.
verb
  1. To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
  2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
adv
  1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
noun
  1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
noun
  1. A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
  2. A group of geese flying close together.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/plʌmp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plump.wav

Word forms

plump plumper more plump plumpest most plump plumps plumping plumped

Etymology

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).

Synonyms

slump

Derived words

overplump plumpage plumpie plumping plumpish plumpitude plumpkin plumply plumpness plumptious plumptitude plumpy unplump plump for plump up plump down thunder-plump
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