| ADVERB | all | plop, plunk | with a short hollow thud |
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| VERB | motion | plop | drop something with a plopping sound |
| motion | plop | drop with the sound of something falling into water | |
| contact | plop, plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump | set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | |
| NOUN | event | plop | the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid / liquid without a splash |
| Sounds | plaa'p | |
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| Rhymes | Aesop ... workshop: 48 rhymes with aap... | |
| Meaning | The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid / liquid without a splash. | |
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| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | paf | |
| Catalan | xap | |
| Verbs | plop | drop with the sound of something falling into water |
| plop | drop something with a plopping sound | |
| Meaning | With a short hollow thud. | |
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| Example | "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" | |
| Synonym | plunk | |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | plop | |
| Meaning | Drop something with a plopping sound. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Broader | drop | Let fall to the ground |
| Nouns | plop | the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid / liquid without a splash |
| Meaning | Drop with the sound of something falling into water. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Nouns | plop | the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid / liquid without a splash |
| Meaning | Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | The children plop in the rocking chair; There plop some children in the rocking chair | |
| Synonyms | plank, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump | |
| Broader | set down, put down, place down | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place |
| Spanish | entablar | |
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