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Meaning 1
Indicating the sound of something plopping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
plop
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /plɒp/
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General-American: /plɑp/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒp
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CMU ARPABET: P L AA1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Acronym of Pattern Languages of Programs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 3
A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- He heard the plops of rain on the roof.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
Excrement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, slang, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To land heavily or loosely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV.
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verb
Meaning 7
To defecate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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adverb
Meaning 8
with a short hollow thud
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- plop came the ball down to the corner of the green
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plunk
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: noise
verb
Meaning 10
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He planked the money on the table
- He planked himself into the sofa
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set down, put down, place down
verb
Meaning 11
drop with the sound of something falling into water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
verb
Meaning 12
drop something with a plopping sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop
History
Etymology
Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: цопване (copvane) — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Bulgarian: плясване (pljasvane) — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Danish: dryp — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Kalmyk: палд (pald) — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Polish: pluśnięcie — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Russian: плеск (plesk) — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Thai: จ๋อม (jɔ̌m) — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Turkish: cumburtu — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Turkish: cumburlop — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Turkish: cup — A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface
- Bulgarian: цопвам (copvam) — Sounding of liquid
- Danish: dryppe — Sounding of liquid
- Esperanto: plaŭdi — Sounding of liquid
- French: faire plouf — Sounding of liquid
- German: ploppen — Sounding of liquid
- Russian: плю́хнуться (pljúxnutʹsja) — Sounding of liquid
- Russian: булты́хнуться (bultýxnutʹsja) — Sounding of liquid
- Catalan: caure, amb un so com d'aigua — Heavy landing
- Danish: plumpe — Heavy landing
- Finnish: rojahtaa — Heavy landing
- German: plumpsen — Heavy landing
- Russian: плюхнулся (pljuxnulsja) — Heavy landing
- Russian: плюхнулась (pljuxnulasʹ) — Heavy landing
- Spanish: dejar caer — Heavy landing