PLOP

plop, plunk

(adverb) with a short hollow thud; “plop came the ball down to the corner of the green”

plop

(noun) the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

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”

plop

(verb) drop with the sound of something falling into water

plop

(verb) drop something with a plopping sound

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

plop (plural plops)

A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.

(British, slang) excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet.

Verb

plop (third-person singular simple present plops, present participle plopping, simple past and past participle plopped)

To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.

(ambitransitive) To land heavily or loosely.

(British) To defecate; derived from the "plop" sound made when excrement hits water in a toilet.

Anagrams

• Lopp

Proper noun

PLoP

(software) Acronym of Pattern Languages of Programs.

Anagrams

• Lopp

Source: Wiktionary


Plop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plopping.] [Imitative.]

Definition: To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water.

The body plopped up, turning on its side. Kipling.

Plop, n.

Definition: Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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