Plump (?), a. Done or made
plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
After the plump statement that the author was at
Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.
Saintsbury.
Plump , adv. [Cf. D.
plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. & v.]
Directly;
suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
Plump , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out)
or support; -- often with up.
To
plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles.
Fuller. 2. To cast or let drop all
at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump , v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
1. To grow
plump; to swell out; as,
her cheeks have
plumped.
2. To
drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa
plumps into a chair." Spectator.
3. To give a
plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump , n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a
plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]
To visit islands and the plumps of men.
Chapman.
Plump (plŭmp), a.
[Compar. Plumper
(-&etilde;r); superl.
Plumpest.]
[OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump,
adv.] Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak.
The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.
T.
Carew.
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