As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; “He planked the money on the table”; “He planked himself into the sofa”
flump, flump down
(verb) fall heavily
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flump (third-person singular simple present flumps, present participle flumping, simple past and past participle flumped)
(intransitive) To move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound.
(transitive) To drop something heavily or with a dull sound.
flump (plural flumps)
The dull sound so produced.
A type of large marshmallow.
(by extension) A fat out-of-shape person.
• plunk, thud
• Pflum
Source: Wiktionary
24 June 2025
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.