plump1
adj.
full and rounded in shape.
▸(of a person) rather fat.
v.
(
often plump something up)
make or become full and round.
Derivative
- plumpish adj.
- plumply adv.
- plumpness n.
- plumpy adj.
Etymology
C15 (in the sense ‘blunt, forthright’): rel. to MDu. plomp, Mid. Low Ger. plump ‘blunt, obtuse’.
plump2
v.
-
(often plump something down)
set or sit down heavily or unceremoniously.
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(plump for)
decide definitely in favour of (one of two or more possibilities).
n.
archaic an abrupt plunge or heavy fall.
adv.
informal - with a sudden or heavy fall.
- dated directly and bluntly.
Etymology
ME: rel. to Mid. Low Ger. plumpen, MDu. plompen ‘fall into water’, prob. of imitative origin.