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Added 9 October 2026

plump

/plʌmp/ adjective

In Latin: pinguis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about plump at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
a plump baby; plump cheeks
Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.

verb

To grow plump; to swell out.
Her cheeks have plumped.
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
To give a plumper (kind of vote).

verb

To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
to plump a stone into water
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

adverb

Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Origin

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).

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