plop
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
plop
adv 1: with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the
corner of the green" [syn: {plop}, {plunk}]
n 1: the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid
without a splash
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}, {plop}, {plunk},
{plump down}, {plunk down}, {plump}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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