noun
the sound of a sudden heavy fall
verb
drop sharply
Synonyms
Examples
- The stock market plummeted
verb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Synonyms
Examples
- He planked the money on the table
- He planked himself into the sofa
verb
make fat or plump
Synonyms
fatten
fat
flesh out
fill out
plump out
fatten out
fatten up
Examples
- We will plump out that poor starving child
verb
give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Synonyms
Examples
- I plumped for the losing candidates
adjective
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
Synonyms
Examples
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
adverb
straight down especially heavily or abruptly
Examples
- the anchor fell plump into the sea
- we dropped the rock plump into the water