plump Definition

plump¹
adj

plumper, plumpest
1. Full, rounded or chubby; not unattractively fat.

Thesaurus: stout, fleshy, buxom, chubby, corpulent, rotund, portly; Antonym: skinny, thin.

verb

plumped, plumping
1. To shake (cushions or pillows) to give them their full soft bulk.

Form: plump something up (often)

Derivative: plumply
adverb

Derivative: plumpness
noun

Etymology: 16c in adjectival sense; 15c in obsolete sense ‘dull' or ‘blunt': from Dutch plomp blunt.

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plump² (colloq)
verb

tr & intr
plumped, plumping
1. To put down, drop, fall or sit heavily.

Form: plump down (sometimes)
Form: plump something down

noun

1. A sudden heavy fall or the sound this makes.

adverb

1. Suddenly; with a plump.
2. Directly.

Example: The fly landed plump in the middle of my soup
3. In a blunt or direct way. Also as adj.

Etymology: 14c: imitating the sound made.

Phrasal Verb: plump for something or someone

To decide on or choose them; to make a decision in their favour.