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
plopping
present participle of plop
plopping (plural ploppings)
The sound or action of something that plops.
• poppling
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
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
