plump

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).

Adjective

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plump (comparative plumper or more plump, superlative plumpest or most plump)

  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
    a plump baby; plump cheeks
    • 1651, Thomas Carew, To my friend G. N. from Wrest:
      The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.
    • 2015, Anton Chekhov, The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull, e-artnow, →ISBN:
      My ideal is to be idle and to love a plump girl.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 23, in Crime out of Mind:
      He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.
  2. Fat.
  3. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
    • 1898, George Saintsbury, “XXXVII The Dullards That Men Are”, in A Short History of English Literature:
      After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.
    • 1925, Stanley John Weyman, Queen's Folly:
      I've said so haven't I? Plump and plain.
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Verb

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plump (third-person singular simple present plumps, present participle plumping, simple past and past participle plumped)

  1. (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
    Her cheeks have plumped.
  2. (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
    to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles
  3. (transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
    to plump a stone into water
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
      Although Miss Pross, through her long association with a French family, might have known as much of their language as of her own, if she had had a mind, she had no mind in that direction […] So her manner of marketing was to plump a noun-substantive at the head of a shopkeeper without any introduction in the nature of an article […]
  4. (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
  5. (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
  6. (intransitive) To favor or decide in favor of. [with for ‘something’]
    • 2014, “Brazil in a nutshell”, in The Economist:
      A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpfen.

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plump (third-person singular simple present plumps, present participle plumping, simple past and past participle plumped)

  1. (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
    • September 24, 1712, The Spectator No. 492, letter from a prude
      Dulcissa plumps into a chair.
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Adverb

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plump

  1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Noun

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plump (plural plumps)

  1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
      As she beheld her, poor Mrs. Mack's heart fluttered up to her mouth, and then dropped with a dreadful plump, into the pit of her stomach.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English plump.

Noun

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plump (plural plumps)

  1. (obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
    a plump of trees, fowls, or spears
  2. A group of geese flying close together.

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German

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Adjective

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plump (strong nominative masculine singular plumper, comparative plumper, superlative am plumpsten or (uncommon) am plumpesten)

  1. clumsy (movement of person or animal that is often dumpy)
  2. clumsy; crude; brazen (of a trick or strategy)
    ein plumper Versuch ― a crude attempt
  3. squat, stumpy

Declension

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Positive forms of plump
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist plump sie ist plump es ist plump sie sind plump
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative plumper plumpe plumpes plumpe
genitive plumpen plumper plumpen plumper
dative plumpem plumper plumpem plumpen
accusative plumpen plumpe plumpes plumpe
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der plumpe die plumpe das plumpe die plumpen
genitive des plumpen der plumpen des plumpen der plumpen
dative dem plumpen der plumpen dem plumpen den plumpen
accusative den plumpen die plumpe das plumpe die plumpen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein plumper eine plumpe ein plumpes (keine) plumpen
genitive eines plumpen einer plumpen eines plumpen (keiner) plumpen
dative einem plumpen einer plumpen einem plumpen (keinen) plumpen
accusative einen plumpen eine plumpe ein plumpes (keine) plumpen
Comparative forms of plump
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist plumper sie ist plumper es ist plumper sie sind plumper
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative plumperer plumpere plumperes plumpere
genitive plumperen plumperer plumperen plumperer
dative plumperem plumperer plumperem plumperen
accusative plumperen plumpere plumperes plumpere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der plumpere die plumpere das plumpere die plumperen
genitive des plumperen der plumperen des plumperen der plumperen
dative dem plumperen der plumperen dem plumperen den plumperen
accusative den plumperen die plumpere das plumpere die plumperen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein plumperer eine plumpere ein plumperes (keine) plumperen
genitive eines plumperen einer plumperen eines plumperen (keiner) plumperen
dative einem plumperen einer plumperen einem plumperen (keinen) plumperen
accusative einen plumperen eine plumpere ein plumperes (keine) plumperen
Superlative forms of plump
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am plumpsten
er ist am plumpesten1 		sie ist am plumpsten
sie ist am plumpesten1 		es ist am plumpsten
es ist am plumpesten1 		sie sind am plumpsten
sie sind am plumpesten1
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative plumpster
plumpester1 		plumpste
plumpeste1 		plumpstes
plumpestes1 		plumpste
plumpeste1
genitive plumpsten
plumpesten1 		plumpster
plumpester1 		plumpsten
plumpesten1 		plumpster
plumpester1
dative plumpstem
plumpestem1 		plumpster
plumpester1 		plumpstem
plumpestem1 		plumpsten
plumpesten1
accusative plumpsten
plumpesten1 		plumpste
plumpeste1 		plumpstes
plumpestes1 		plumpste
plumpeste1
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der plumpste
der plumpeste1 		die plumpste
die plumpeste1 		das plumpste
das plumpeste1 		die plumpsten
die plumpesten1
genitive des plumpsten
des plumpesten1 		der plumpsten
der plumpesten1 		des plumpsten
des plumpesten1 		der plumpsten
der plumpesten1
dative dem plumpsten
dem plumpesten1 		der plumpsten
der plumpesten1 		dem plumpsten
dem plumpesten1 		den plumpsten
den plumpesten1
accusative den plumpsten
den plumpesten1 		die plumpste
die plumpeste1 		das plumpste
das plumpeste1 		die plumpsten
die plumpesten1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein plumpster
ein plumpester1 		eine plumpste
eine plumpeste1 		ein plumpstes
ein plumpestes1 		(keine) plumpsten
(keine) plumpesten1
genitive eines plumpsten
eines plumpesten1 		einer plumpsten
einer plumpesten1 		eines plumpsten
eines plumpesten1 		(keiner) plumpsten
(keiner) plumpesten1
dative einem plumpsten
einem plumpesten1 		einer plumpsten
einer plumpesten1 		einem plumpsten
einem plumpesten1 		(keinen) plumpsten
(keinen) plumpesten1
accusative einen plumpsten
einen plumpesten1 		eine plumpste
eine plumpeste1 		ein plumpstes
ein plumpestes1 		(keine) plumpsten
(keine) plumpesten1

1Uncommon.

Further reading

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  • “plump” in Duden online
  • “plump” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

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plump f (genitive singular plumpa, nominative plural plumpanna)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of plimp

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Declension of plump

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plump plumpanna
Vocative a phlump a phlumpanna
Genitive plumpa plumpanna
Dative plump plumpanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phlump na plumpanna
Genitive na plumpa na bplumpanna
Dative leis an bplump

don phlump

leis na plumpanna

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
plump phlump bplump
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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plump

  1. big and awkward
  2. base, vulgar

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Adjective

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plump (comparative plumpare, superlative plumpast)

  1. (possibly unintentionally) offensive due to lacking tact; rude, vulgar, tactless
    Komikern var kul i början, men när han gjorde sig lustig över utseendet hos killen i publiken blev det plumpt
    The comedian started out funny, but when he made fun of the looks of the guy in the audience it stopped being funny

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Inflection of plump
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular plump plumpare plumpast
Neuter singular plumpt plumpare plumpast
Plural plumpa plumpare plumpast
Masculine plural3 plumpe plumpare plumpast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 plumpe plumpare plumpaste
All plumpa plumpare plumpaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Noun

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plump c

  1. a blot (of ink)
    Synonym: bläckplump (“inkblot”)

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Declension of plump
nominative genitive
singular indefinite plump plumps
definite plumpen plumpens
plural indefinite plumpar plumpars
definite plumparna plumparnas

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