Plop

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plop \Plop\ (pl[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plopped} (pl[o^]pt);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Plopping}.] [Imitative.]
     1. To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or
        slap, as on the surface of water.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


              The body plopped up, turning on its side. --Kipling.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  plop \plop\ v. t.
     1. to drop (something) so that it makes a plopping sound;
        especially, to drop with the sound of something falling
        into water. [WordNet sense 1, 2]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. To set down quickly, so as to make a sound; -- used often
        with the reflexive; as, He plopped himself into the sofa.
        [WordNet sense 3]
  
     Syn: plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down,
          plump.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plop \Plop\, n.
     Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plop
       n : the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without
           a splash
       adv : with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the
             corner of the green" [syn: {plunk}]
       v 1: drop something with a plopping sound
       2: drop with the sound of something falling into water
       3: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
          "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself
          into the sofa" [syn: {plank}, {flump}, {plonk}, {plunk}, {plump
          down}, {plunk down}, {plump}]
       [also: {plopping}, {plopped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "plop":
     abruptly, bang, blubber, boil, boil over, bubble, bubble over,
     bubble up, burble, cast, cave, cave in, chuck, clap, dash, decline,
     dive, droop, drop, effervesce, exactly, fall, ferment, fizz,
     fizzle, fling, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, flush, founder,
     full, give way, go down, guggle, gurgle, hastily, hiss, hurl,
     impetuously, impulsively, kerplunk, lapse, like a flash,
     like a thunderbolt, lower, nose-dive, of a sudden, on short notice,
     parachute, pitch, plank, plop down, plumb, plummet, plump, plunge,
     plunk, point-blank, pop, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon,
     precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely, right, sag,
     seethe, set, settle, settle down, sharp, simmer, sink, sink down,
     skin-dive, sky-dive, slap, slouch, slump, slump down, smack,
     smack-dab, sound, spang, sparkle, square, squarely, startlingly,
     stoop, straight, submerge, subside, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly,
     swag, swoop, swoop down, take a header, throw, thrust, toss,
     unawares, unexpectedly, without notice, without warning, work