plumper
comparative form of plump
plumper (plural plumpers)
One who plumps or swells out something else.
That which plumps or swells out something else.
Hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
In elections, a vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him or her the advantage over the others; a person who gives his or her vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his or her vote.
A voter who plumps his or her vote.
A downright, unqualified lie.
(internet slang) An obese woman, especially in pornography.
• (one who plumps)
• (that which plumps)
• (something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks)
• (vote given to one candidate when two or more are to be elected)
• (voter who plumps his vote)
• (downright, unqualified lie): pork pie (Cockney rhyming slang), porky (UK slang), tall story, whopper
Source: Wiktionary
Plump"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
2. (English Elections)
Definition: A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.
3. A voter who plumps his vote. [Eng.]
4. A downright, unqualified lie. [Colloq. or Low]
Plump, a. [Compar. Plumper; superl. Plumpest.] Etym: [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.]
Definition: Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew.
Plump, n.
Definition: A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] To visit islands and the plumps of men. Chapman.
Plump, v. i. Etym: [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa plumps into a chair." Spectator.
3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.plump up the pillows To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller.
2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump, adv. Etym: [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. &v.]
Definition: Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 January 2025
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