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Plop   /plɑp/   Listen
Plop

adverb
1.
With a short hollow thud.  Synonym: plunk.






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"Plop" Quotes from Famous Books



... the shovel, hesitated, and then in a movement which was like a gesture of abhorrence he flung the dirt into the grave, and as it landed it made a sound—plop! Lean suddenly stopped and mopped his ...
— Men, Women, and Boats • Stephen Crane

... was a real pump with real water and a sucker in good standing, warranted to need no priming. At the stroke of the red handle the good, cool water gurgled and arose with a delightful "plop!" It splashed from the spout freely upon the face and hands of the victim of the long hill—delicious, life-giving! The delight it brought seemed compensation almost for heat and pain and weariness. Callandar felt that if he could only let its sweetness stream indefinitely ...
— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

... the water with a plop, the brown sail was twisted and a little auxiliary oil engine began ...
— Men of Affairs • Roland Pertwee



Words linked to "Plop" :   come down, fall, go down, place down, drop, noise, plank, set down, plonk, descend, put down, plump down, colloquialism



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