Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: plump
IPA transcription: [pl'ĘŚmp]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chubby, embonpoint, plump
    Meaning: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump";
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: plump
    Meaning: the sound of a sudden heavy fall
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: plump
    Meaning: straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"
Usage examples
  • So did the plump sister when she came.
  • That's what makes them look so plump and healthy.
  • Danton inserted a plump, white finger between collar and chin.
  • "I am neither square nor crooked," said Scraps, looking down at her plump body.
  • She clasped the slender hand with her own plump fingers, and shook it heartily.
  • The swan is fit to serve at a royal table, for the bird is plump as he is fair."
  • Having got behind the hedge, and put him in the light, I took a shot at him and brought him down plump.
  • Napoleon slightly turned his head, and put his plump little hand out behind him as if to take something.
  • "A horrible thing to happen in a man's home, Dundee," Miles was saying, his plump, rosy face blighted with horror.
  • It is not proper that he should be left without even a token of respect." He gestured with his plump hand to the Bible.