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   plump

   /pləmp/

   verb

   • 1. set (something) down heavily or unceremoniously: "she plumped her bag on the table" Similar putput downsetset downdepositdumpstickplaceinformal:plonkbungplunk
   • ▪ sit down heavily and unceremoniously: "she plumped herself down in the nearest seat" Similar flopcollapsesinkfalldropslumpplop oneselfinformal:plonk oneselfplank oneself

   noun

   • 1. an abrupt plunge; a heavy fall: archaic "the wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump"

   adverb

   • 1. with a sudden or heavy fall: informal "she sat down plump on the bed"
   • 2. directly and bluntly: informal, dated "he must tell her plump and plain that he was collecting unemployment"

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

   Scrabble Points: 11

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