Dictionary Definition
plop n : the noise of a rounded object dropping
into a liquid without a splash adv : with a short hollow thud;
"plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" [syn: plunk]
Verb
1 drop something with a plopping sound
2 drop with the sound of something falling into
water
3 set (something or oneself) down with or as if
with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked
himself into the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down,
plunk
down, plump] [also:
plopping, plopped]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒp
Noun
plop- A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface.
- He heard the plops of rain on the roof.
Translations
Sounding of liquid
- Danish: dryppe
Heavy landing
- Danish: plumpe
Romanian
Etymology
Popular Latin *ploppus from classical Latin populusNoun
plop mExtensive Definition
- Plop is an onomatopoeic term for the sound of an object falling onto a surface or into water (ie. bouncy ball falling into a lake)
- Plop: The Hairless Elbonian, a Dilbert-spinoff comic strip by Scott Adams
- Plop!, a self described "New Magazine of Weird Humor!" comic book published by DC Comics that ran from Sep/Oct 1973 to Nov/Dec 1976
- Kabouter Plop, the eponymous hero of the Belgian children's TV and comic strip series
plop in French: Plop
plop in Dutch: Plop
plop in Romanian: Plop
(dezambiguizare)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abruptly, bang, blubber, boil, boil over, bubble, bubble over, bubble up,
burble, cast, cave, cave in, chuck, clap, dash, decline, dive, droop, drop, effervesce, exactly, fall, ferment, fizz, fizzle, fling, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, flush, founder, full, give way, go down, guggle, gurgle, hastily, hiss, hurl, impetuously, impulsively, kerplunk, lapse, like a flash, like a
thunderbolt, lower,
nose-dive, of a sudden, on short notice, parachute, pitch, plank, plop down, plumb, plummet, plump, plunge, plunk, point-blank, pop, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon,
precipitantly,
precipitately,
precipitously,
precisely, right, sag, seethe, set, settle, settle down, sharp, simmer, sink, sink down, skin-dive,
sky-dive, slap, slouch, slump, slump down, smack, smack-dab, sound, spang, sparkle, square, squarely, startlingly, stoop, straight, submerge, subside, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, swag, swoop, swoop down, take a header,
throw, thrust, toss, unawares, unexpectedly, without
notice, without warning, work