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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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