noun, verb
noun [usuallysing.] a short sound like that of a small object dropping into water:
The stone fell with a plop into the river.
verb (-pp-)
1 [V+adv./prep.] to fall, making a plop:
The frog plopped back into the water. * A tear plopped down onto the page she was reading.
2 [VN] to drop sth into sth, especially a liquid, so that it makes a plop:
Can you just plop some ice in my drink?
3 [VN, V] ~ (yourself) (down) to sit or lie down heavily or in a relaxed way
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for plop is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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