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Plop

verb

(past & past part. plopped; pres. part. plopping)

Drop something with a plopping sound.

Drop with the sound of something falling into water.

Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down. "He planked himself into the sofa"

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"Plop" Quotes from Famous Books

... with this and ain't had much sleep. I found something that'll interest you. Mr. Matthews said you'd be along pretty soon, so I waited. Here, Professor—" He leaned over and, from behind the chair he had occupied on their arrival, he took a coiled rope. He dropped it with a soft plop at Professor ...

— Death Points a Finger • Will Levinrew

... end of the board, Goussiev slipped down it; shot headlong, turned over in the air, then plop! The foam covered him, for a moment it looked as though he was swathed in lace, but the moment passed—and ...

— The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories • Anton Tchekoff

... would not seek life itself, in these days of luxurious travel, at the cost of a twelve hours' stage-ride. However, as long as the couple had a roof over their heads and the Springs continued to plop and vomit their strange, chameleon-colored slime, Leander would continue to bring home the sick and the suffering for Polly and the Springs to practice on. Health became his hobby, and in time, with isolation thrown in, it began to invade his common sense. ...

— The Desert and The Sown • Mary Hallock Foote

Words linked to "Plop" : set down, colloquialism, descend, fall, go down, come down, place down, put down, drop, noise