plop
adverb
1. with a short hollow thud
- plop came the ball down to the corner of the green
Similar word(s): plunk
noun
1. the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
Definition categories: event, noise
Sentences with plop as a noun:
- He heard the plops of rain on the roof.
verb
1. drop something with a plopping sound
Definition categories: motion, drop
2. drop with the sound of something falling into water
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
3. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Similar word(s): flump, plank, plonk, plump, plunk
Definition categories: contact
Sentences with plop as a verb:
- He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV.
- 2009, Reif Larson, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Pinguin Books, p. 37: There was a world inside that tall grass. You could plop yourself down in the middle of it with the scraggly stems against the back of your neck and the endless grasses rising up and jackknifing against the bigbluesky, and the ranch and all of its players would fade into a distant dream.