Meaning of 'plump'

adverb

straight down especially heavily or abruptly

Example: "the anchor fell plump into the sea"

adjective

sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

Synonyms: chubby embonpoint

noun

the sound of a sudden heavy fall

verb

give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

Example: "I plumped for the losing candidates"

Synonyms: go

verb

make fat or plump

Example: "We will plump out that poor starving child"

Synonyms: fat flesh out fill out fatten plump out fatten out fatten up

verb

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

Synonyms: plop

verb

drop sharply

Synonyms: plummet