Dictionary definition · plump
noun
- the sound of a sudden heavy fall
verb
- drop sharply"The stock market plummeted"
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise"He planked the money on the table"
- make fat or plump"We will plump out that poor starving child"
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number"I plumped for the losing candidates"
adjective
- sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure"a chubby child"
adverb
- straight down especially heavily or abruptly"the anchor fell plump into the sea"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).