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PLOP

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Irregular inflected forms: plopped    , plopping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("plop" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

plop (drop with the sound of something falling into water)

plop (drop something with a plopping sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

Example:

He planked himself into the sofa

Synonyms:

flump; plank; plonk; plop; plump; plump down; plunk; plunk down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "plop" is one way to...):

place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

The children plop in the rocking chair

There plop some children in the rocking chair

Sense 2

Meaning:

Drop with the sound of something falling into water

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "plop" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

plop (the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Drop something with a plopping sound

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "plop" is one way to...):

drop (let fall to the ground)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

plop (the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash)

 III. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With a short hollow thud

Example:

plop came the ball down to the corner of the green

Synonyms:

plop; plunk

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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