plump
adjective
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- make fat or plump
adverb
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Pronunciation: /plʌmp/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).
- Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
“a plump baby; plump cheeks”
“The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.”
- Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
“We are averse to plump queries, but we are going to ask our readers a plain, simple question Did you ever see a paper y'clept "The Yankee Blade?"”
“After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.”
- Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.
“A plump wine, with an abundance of plum and berry characteristics and soft, round tannins. Easy to drink; ready on release.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.
- Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
“I suppose then, that going plump on a flying whale with your sail set in a foggy squall is the height of a whaleman’s discretion?”
name
Etymology: Borrowed from North German Plump, a nickname from plump (“crude, clumsy”).
- A surname from German.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English plump English plump Inherited from Middle English plump.
- A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
“a plump of trees, fowls, or spears”
“To visit islands and the plumps of men.”
- A group of geese flying close together.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.
- To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
“to plump a stone into water”
- To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
“September 24, 1712, The Spectator No. 492, letter from a prude Dulcissa plumps into a chair.”