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plop
CIDE DICTIONARY
plop, v. i. [Imitative.].
To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water.
"The body plopped up, turning on its side." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
plop, n.
Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
plop, n., v., & adv.
--n.
1 a sound as of a smooth object dropping into water without a splash.
2 an act of falling with this sound.
--v. (plopped, plopping) intr. & tr. fall or drop with a plop.
--adv. with a plop.
--n.
1 a sound as of a smooth object dropping into water without a splash.
2 an act of falling with this sound.
--v. (plopped, plopping) intr. & tr. fall or drop with a plop.
--adv. with a plop.
Etymology
19th c.: imit.
THESAURUS
plop
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