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Plop

//plɑp// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    with a short hollow thud wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Indicating the sound of something plopping.

    ""[A]fter a bit the old ship went down all on a sudden with a lurch to starboard---plop. The suck in was something awful.""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Pattern Languages of Programs. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. countable

    "He heard the plops of rain on the roof."

  2. 2
    the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash wordnet
  3. 3
    Excrement. British, countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.

    "Stooping, she picked up another pebble, sounded out the word again, and tossed it into the shallow water near the path, where it plopped into the water, sending out circles from where it fell."

  2. 2
    set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise wordnet
  3. 3
    To land heavily or loosely. ambitransitive

    "He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV."

  4. 4
    drop with the sound of something falling into water wordnet
  5. 5
    To defecate. British
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  1. 6
    drop something with a plopping sound wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap.

Etymology 2

Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap.

Etymology 3

Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap.

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