Category:Plump

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.]

Defn: 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 Plump, n.

Defn: 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 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 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 Plump, adv. Etym: [cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. &v.]

Defn: directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "fall plump." Beau. & fl.