PLOP • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Plop

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/plɑp/ Listen

noun

Plop n. Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping.

verb

plop v. t.

To drop (something) so that it makes a plopping sound; especially, to drop with the sound of something falling into water.

To set down quickly, so as to make a sound; used often with the reflexive; as, He plopped himself into the sofa.

Synonyms: plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump.

Plop v. i. (past & past part. plopped; pres. part. plopping)

To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water. "The body plopped up, turning on its side."

See images of 'Plop'

Etymology of 'Plop'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Plop" Quotes from Famous Books

... through them the two could see blurred glories of lamps in the side of the cave, magic lamps, or perhaps merely electric, which, curiously enough have ceased to seem magic to us nowadays. Then with a plop the lower edge of the bell met the water, the water rose inside it, a little, then not any more. And the bell went down, down, and above their heads the green water lapped against ...

— The Magic World • Edith Nesbit

... the ice was there already; they cut another beside it seven feet away. Then, to be sure, they took a cord and put a noose under my armpits, and tied a crooked stick to the other end, long enough to reach both holes. They thrust the stick in and dragged it through. I went plop into the ice-hole just as I was, in my fur coat and my high boots, while they stood and shoved me, one with his foot and one with his stick, then dragged me under the ice and pulled me ...

— The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... broad daylight when suddenly he checked the canoe at the entrance to the river. The plop of a pair of paddles propelling a canoe upstream came from round a bend and Roger lay down flat on the bottom of the dugout, his rifle resting upon the prow. The rifle covered the spot where the canoe must come round the bend. He was on his own land, and he would not ...

— The Plunderer • Henry Oyen

... roaring like a baby lion. I am really beginning to learn how to walk in wet feet, am I not, Peggy? I used to think I should die if my feet were wet. It is really delightful to feel the water go 'plop!' in and out of one's boots. Now, my dear," she added, "I really cannot let you be cross, because Peggy and I are in the most delightful good humour, and we came in on purpose, because we thought you would be awake, and would want to be amused. If you frown, Rita, I shall ...

— Three Margarets • Laura E. Richards

... daylight when suddenly he checked the canoe at the entrance to the river. The plop of a pair of paddles propelling a canoe upstream came from round a bend and Roger lay down flat on the bottom of the dugout, his rifle resting upon the prow. The rifle covered the spot where the canoe must come round the bend. He was on his ...

— The Plunderer • Henry Oyen

More quotes...