What does "plopping" mean?

The sound or action of something that plops.

What is a synonym for "plopping"?

Common synonyms include: collapse into, drop, dropping, fall, falling, flop down.

Plopping

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun

1
The sound or action of something that plops.
"There is, of course, no real silence in nature, only layer after layer of softer sounds: the rustlings, ploppings, and buzzings of God knows what, the sighing of the air and the water[…]"

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of plop form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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collapse into drop dropping fall falling flop down

Antonyms

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climb literal text noiseless plain prose

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"There is, of course, no real silence in nature, only layer after layer of softer sounds: the rustlings, ploppings, and buzzings of God knows what, the sighing of the air and the water[…]"

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