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Dictionary: plop   (plŏp) pronunciation


v., plopped, plop·ping, plops.

v.intr.
  1. To fall with a sound like that of an object falling into water without splashing.
  2. To let the body drop heavily: Exhausted, I plopped into the armchair.
v.tr.
To drop or set heavily, with or as if with a plopping sound: plopped the child into the stroller.

n.
A plopping sound or movement.

[Imitative.]

plop plop adv.

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verb

    To drop or sink heavily and noisily: flop, plump2, plunk. See rise/fall.

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash


The verb plop has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: drop something with a plopping sound

Meaning #2: drop with the sound of something falling into water

Meaning #3: set (something or oneself) down
  Synonyms: plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump


The adverb plop has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) with a short hollow thud
  Synonym: plunk


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Plop is an onomatopoeic term for the sound of an object falling onto a surface or into water.

Plop may refer to:

PLoP refers to:

PLOP refers to:

  • PLate OPtimizer, the CAD program for optimization of telescope mirror support cells to reduce cell induced errors.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plump
v. intr. - dumpe noget ned i vand, sige plumpelyd
v. tr. - plumpe

Nederlands (Dutch)
neergooien/vallen, een spattend geluid maken, spattend geluid

Français (French)
n. - floc
v. intr. - faire floc
v. tr. - faire floc
adv. - avec un floc

Deutsch (German)
n. - Plumpsen
v. - plumpsen, plumpsen lassen
adv. - plumps

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παφλασμός, πλαφ, πλουφ
v. - πέφτω ή απιθώνω με γδούπο, πέφτω με παφλασμό
adv. - πλαφ, πλουφ

Italiano (Italian)
gettare nell'acqua, tonfo, con un tonfo sordo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - chape (m)
v. - produzir som de chape, estatelar-se
adv. - com som de chape

Русский (Russian)
бултыхнуться, бултых

Español (Spanish)
n. - paf, cataplún, ruido de algo que cae al agua
v. intr. - caerse haciendo plaf, hacer paf, desplomarse pesadamente
v. tr. - caerse haciendo plaf, hacer paf, desplomarse pesadamente
adv. - de golpe, a plomo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - plopp, plums
v. - ploppa, plumsa, puttra
adv. - (med ett) plums

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
掉下的声音, 扑通声, 扑通落下, 使掉下

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 掉下的聲音, 撲通聲
v. intr. - 撲通落下
v. tr. - 使掉下

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 풍덩, 쿵
v. intr. - 풍덩 물에 떨어지다, 부글거리며 가라앉다
v. tr. - 펑 하고 소리 내며 튀기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ポチャンと落ちる
n. - ポチャンと落ちる音
adv. - ポチャンと, だしぬけに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صوت شيء صغير يغطس بالماء (فعل) يسقط جسما صلبا في سائل محدث صوتا (ظرف) بصوت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קול נפילה למים, קול שקשוק‬
v. intr. - ‮נפל למים, נפל‬
v. tr. - ‮הפיל למים, הפיל‬


 
 
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