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plop

[ plop ]

verb (used without object)

plopped, plopping.
  1. to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water:

    A frog plopped into the pond.

  2. to fall with such a sound:

    Big raindrops plopped against the window.

  3. to drop or fall with full force or direct impact:

    He plopped into a chair.



verb (used with object)

plopped, plopping.
  1. to drop or set down heavily:

    She plopped her books on the desk.

  2. to cause to plop:

    The fisherman plopped the bait into the river.

noun

  1. a plopping sound or fall.
  2. the act of plopping.

adverb

  1. with a plop:

    The stone fell plop into the water.

plop

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noun

  1. the characteristic sound made by an object dropping into water without a splash
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verb

  1. to fall or cause to fall with the sound of a plop

    the stone plopped into the water

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. an exclamation imitative of this sound

    to go plop

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plop1

First recorded in 1815–25; imitative
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plop1

C19: imitative of the sound
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We went home, plopped on the couch and, zonked but inexplicably wired, watched the entirety of "Men in Black," which I’d never seen.

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Its drama was manufactured — often while the cameras were rolling — and its emotional beats lacked authenticity, feeling like they had been plopped into the show to give it some resonant thrust.

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“You’re doing a good job,†the man said as he plopped a bottle into a cardboard box.

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Each of its brightly colored concentric circles would soon be occupied as children plopped down for story time and games such as Jenga.

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You could plop her performance into a big Hollywood comedy and it would work just as well.

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