1. adj. & v.
--adj. (esp. of a person or animal or part of the body) having a full rounded shape; fleshy; filled out.
--v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by up, out) make or become plump; fatten.
Derivatives:
plumpish adj. plumply adv. plumpness n. plumpy adj.
Etymology: ME plompe f. MDu. plomp blunt, MLG plump, plomp shapeless etc. 2. v., n., adv., & adj.
--v.
1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by down) drop or fall abruptly (plumped down on the chair; plumped it on the floor).
2 intr. (foll. by for) decide definitely in favour of (one of two or more possibilities).
3 tr. (often foll. by out) utter abruptly; blurt out.
--n. an abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.
--adv. colloq.
1. with a sudden or heavy fall.
2 directly, bluntly (I told him plump).
--adj. colloq. direct, unqualified (answered with a plump 'no').
Etymology: ME f. MLG plumpen, MDu. plompen: orig. imit.