plop

[plop]

verb (used without object)

plopped, plopping 

1. to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water.

   A frog plopped into the pond.

2. to fall with such a sound.

   Big raindrops plopped against the window.

3. to drop or fall with full force or direct impact.

   He plopped into a chair.

verb (used with object)

plopped, plopping 

1. to drop or set down heavily.

   She plopped her books on the desk.

2. to cause to plop.

   The fisherman plopped the bait into the river.

noun

1. a plopping sound or fall.

2. the act of plopping.

adverb

1. with a plop.

   The stone fell plop into the water.

plop

/ plɒp /

noun

1. the characteristic sound made by an object dropping into water without a splash

verb

1. to fall or cause to fall with the sound of a plop

   the stone plopped into the water

interjection

1. an exclamation imitative of this sound

   to go plop

Word History and Origins

Origin of plop¹

First recorded in 1815–25; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of plop¹

C19: imitative of the sound

Example Sentences

“Suddenly with a plop, the egg landed on the straw. With clucks of pleasure the hen shook her feathers, nudged the egg with her beak, and left,” Goodall wrote almost 60 years later.

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Sydney plopped down in the middle of the room, unconsciously posing, as if he were Cary Grant.

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The lunch hour came and, sore and exhausted, I grabbed the Playmate cooler I’d borrowed from my father-in-law and plopped down on the ground.

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I wanted so badly to ask him what he was writing but would have had to yell across the bar or plop down next to him.

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In order to sit next to a stranger, I’d have to eschew vast stretches of empty stools and plop down right beside them like a creep, hitting on unsuspecting old people.

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Related Words

• flutter 
• plunk