Plump (plump), a. [Compar. Plumper (-ər); 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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Plump, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. & v.]
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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