plopn.int.adv.

Brit.

/plɒp/, U.S.

/plɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: plop v.

Etymology: < plop v. Compare plump n.³, plump adv., int., and adj.²The following illustrates the occasionally combination of plop with other imitative sounds:1921 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 198/2 There is something peculiarly gratifying in the sound of the plop-plump of your naked feet in the round shallow pools of muddy water. For possible variants in Scots, see etymological note at plop v.

A. n.

An abrupt hollow sound, as of a small solid object dropping into water without a splash. (Also reduplicated.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > plop

plopping1827

plop1833

bloop1931

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > dropping or falling vertically > dropping with specific sound

plop1833

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ix. 269 We tugged at the sable heroine, and first one leg came home out of the tenacious clay, with a plop.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 212 The plop plop of the little mud pools.

1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin i. 9 The wave of thought and feeling..stirred on the unruffled pond of eighteenth century opinion by the startling plop of Buffon's little pebble.

1892 G. R. Lowndes Camping Sketches 85 We threw tiny stones into the water, at the quick plop of which the angler would hurry to the spot.

1958 Times 11 Nov. 12/7 He may listen to the plop, plop of acorns falling on the dry leaves carpeting the forest floor.

1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation vi. 171 The gas fire went out with a plop.

1979 W. Nelson Minstrel Code ix. 77 The automatic..was so silent that even the characteristic ‘plop’ of a silencer had been eliminated.

2003 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 24 Aug. f3 The fish hits the surface with a plop, then disappears under the brown water.

B. int.

Representing an abrupt hollow sound, as of an object dropping into water without a splash, etc. (Also reduplicated.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [interjection] > plop

plump1597

plop1844

plip1907

1844 W. M. Thackeray Wanderings Fat Contributor ii She advances backwards towards the coming wave, and as it reaches her—plop! she sits down in it.

1873 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 26 Feb. You could hear ‘plop, plop’..every time you stepped upon them.

1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiii. 160 The old ship went down all on a sudden with a lurch to starboard—plop.

1989 Winnie the Pooh Bumper Special 65 Wheee! Here I come! Plop!

2004 Modesto (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 7 Feb. c1 Lopez placed both golf balls side by side..and, with one stroke, holed both. Plop-plop.

C. adv.

With a plop. Also figurative: exactly, directly, right. Cf. plump adv. (Frequently reduplicated.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adverb] > plop

plop1862

1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 440/2 A few great drops of rain fell plop into the water.

1876 W. S. Gilbert Princess Toto ii. 34 With skip and hop, With jerky jump, We come down plop, And come down plump.

1893 ‘A. Hope’ in Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 2/1 Miss Phaeton flicked Rhino, and the groom behind went plop-plop on the seat.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist i A fellow had once seen a big rat jump plop into the scum.

1928 J. M. Barrie Peter Pan iii, in Plays 51 There are many mermaids here, going plop-plop, and one might attempt to count the tails.

1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xiii. 287 People sometimes come plop up against a challenge to their skill in bravery.

2003 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 13 July h3 The blade fell, the head went plop into a basket, the audience gasped.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

plopv.

Brit.

/plɒp/, U.S.

/plɑp/

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier plump v.¹ and slightly later plop n.It is unclear whether the Scots forms plowp, ploup, plope, recorded from 1825 onward (see Sc. National Dict. s.v. plowp, v., n., adv.) are variants of this word or parallel imitative formations.

a. intransitive. To fall or move with or as with a plop, esp. when, or as if, landing in water; to flop; to drop into or land flat on; (also) to rise up with a plop. Of a person, etc.: to sit or lie down heavily or exhaustedly (frequently with down).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact

plop1821

plap1846

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > drop or fall vertically > with a plop

plop1821

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 16 The brook, which I have..watch'd with joy till bursting off it plopt In running gushes of wild murmuring groans.

1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vii An apple plops on your nose, and makes you a world's wonder and glory.

1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 198 Dark, oily rings rose in the Peace Pool as the body plopped up, turning on its side.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii The released lead plopped into the sea far ahead.

1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 100 A gout of mud, backflung, plops onto the box.

1948 Amer. Aviation 1 June 20 The helicopter is a marvelous vehicle. It just plops down anywhere.

1987 BMX Plus! Sept. 55/3 We plopped down in our coach-class seats and talked.

2003 New Yorker 28 July 70/2 They winged rocks into the sky, let them plop into the Puerto Ricans' yard.

b. transitive. To move or place with or as with a plop. Also reflexive: to sit or lie down heavily or exhaustedly. Frequently with down. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to fall with specific sound

plop1900

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > descend [verb (transitive)] > drop flat or flop

plop1975

1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 66 I do hate to see a great hand..plopping a dish down..in the middle, so that one has to look at the next course all the time one is finishing the last one.

1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading iii. 37 Emmie was gazing after them, while she lightly plopped the glossy red and blue ball in her hands.

1975 A. Bergman Hollywood & Le Vine vi. 71 She plopped herself comfortably onto the couch.

1975 New Yorker 28 July 8 (advt.) Those plasti-glass, modular hotels that have plopped themselves down in every city in the country.

1993 Outdoor Canada Sept. 8/3 She plopped the big fish back into the lake.

2. intransitive. To emit or make a plop or plops.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > plop

plop1898

1898 N. Munro John Splendid x. 100 The river Aora, plopping and crying on its hurried way down.

1927 C. Connolly Let. 4 Jan. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 207 I got very depressed on Sunday evening and thought of..gas mantles plopping in evening chapel.

1972 R. Adams Watership Down xxxviii. 316 All the surface of the river was winking and plopping in the rain.

1990 F. Bates in Style Oct. 76 A three-legged pot of stywe pap bubbled and plopped on the hob.

Derivatives

ˈplopping n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > plop

plopping1827

plop1833

bloop1931

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > plopping

plopping1827

plumping1879

1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 84 The plopping gun's sharp, momentary shock.

1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 218 Ploppings and splashings as of many small swimmers.

1997 B. MacSweeney Bk. Demons 50 Plopping pear drops splash on the silent pathways.

2004 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Jan. w8 A plopping, rather than a pattering of little feet down the hallway at night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plop
释义	plopn.int.adv. Brit. /plɒp/, U.S. /plɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: plop v. Etymology: < plop v. Compare plump n.³, plump adv., int., and adj.²The following illustrates the occasionally combination of plop with other imitative sounds:1921 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 198/2 There is something peculiarly gratifying in the sound of the plop-plump of your naked feet in the round shallow pools of muddy water. For possible variants in Scots, see etymological note at plop v. A. n. An abrupt hollow sound, as of a small solid object dropping into water without a splash. (Also reduplicated.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > plop plopping1827 plop1833 bloop1931 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > dropping or falling vertically > dropping with specific sound plop1833 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ix. 269 We tugged at the sable heroine, and first one leg came home out of the tenacious clay, with a plop. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 212 The plop plop of the little mud pools. 1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin i. 9 The wave of thought and feeling..stirred on the unruffled pond of eighteenth century opinion by the startling plop of Buffon's little pebble. 1892 G. R. Lowndes Camping Sketches 85 We threw tiny stones into the water, at the quick plop of which the angler would hurry to the spot. 1958 Times 11 Nov. 12/7 He may listen to the plop, plop of acorns falling on the dry leaves carpeting the forest floor. 1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation vi. 171 The gas fire went out with a plop. 1979 W. Nelson Minstrel Code ix. 77 The automatic..was so silent that even the characteristic ‘plop’ of a silencer had been eliminated. 2003 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 24 Aug. f3 The fish hits the surface with a plop, then disappears under the brown water. B. int. Representing an abrupt hollow sound, as of an object dropping into water without a splash, etc. (Also reduplicated.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [interjection] > plop plump1597 plop1844 plip1907 1844 W. M. Thackeray Wanderings Fat Contributor ii She advances backwards towards the coming wave, and as it reaches her—plop! she sits down in it. 1873 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 26 Feb. You could hear ‘plop, plop’..every time you stepped upon them. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiii. 160 The old ship went down all on a sudden with a lurch to starboard—plop. 1989 Winnie the Pooh Bumper Special 65 Wheee! Here I come! Plop! 2004 Modesto (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 7 Feb. c1 Lopez placed both golf balls side by side..and, with one stroke, holed both. Plop-plop. C. adv. With a plop. Also figurative: exactly, directly, right. Cf. plump adv. (Frequently reduplicated.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adverb] > plop plop1862 1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 440/2 A few great drops of rain fell plop into the water. 1876 W. S. Gilbert Princess Toto ii. 34 With skip and hop, With jerky jump, We come down plop, And come down plump. 1893 ‘A. Hope’ in Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 2/1 Miss Phaeton flicked Rhino, and the groom behind went plop-plop on the seat. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist i A fellow had once seen a big rat jump plop into the scum. 1928 J. M. Barrie Peter Pan iii, in Plays 51 There are many mermaids here, going plop-plop, and one might attempt to count the tails. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xiii. 287 People sometimes come plop up against a challenge to their skill in bravery. 2003 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 13 July h3 The blade fell, the head went plop into a basket, the audience gasped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plopv. Brit. /plɒp/, U.S. /plɑp/ Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare earlier plump v.¹ and slightly later plop n.It is unclear whether the Scots forms plowp, ploup, plope, recorded from 1825 onward (see Sc. National Dict. s.v. plowp, v., n., adv.) are variants of this word or parallel imitative formations. 1. a. intransitive. To fall or move with or as with a plop, esp. when, or as if, landing in water; to flop; to drop into or land flat on; (also) to rise up with a plop. Of a person, etc.: to sit or lie down heavily or exhaustedly (frequently with down). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact plop1821 plap1846 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > drop or fall vertically > with a plop plop1821 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 16 The brook, which I have..watch'd with joy till bursting off it plopt In running gushes of wild murmuring groans. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine vii An apple plops on your nose, and makes you a world's wonder and glory. 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 198 Dark, oily rings rose in the Peace Pool as the body plopped up, turning on its side. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii The released lead plopped into the sea far ahead. 1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 100 A gout of mud, backflung, plops onto the box. 1948 Amer. Aviation 1 June 20 The helicopter is a marvelous vehicle. It just plops down anywhere. 1987 BMX Plus! Sept. 55/3 We plopped down in our coach-class seats and talked. 2003 New Yorker 28 July 70/2 They winged rocks into the sky, let them plop into the Puerto Ricans' yard. b. transitive. To move or place with or as with a plop. Also reflexive: to sit or lie down heavily or exhaustedly. Frequently with down. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to fall with specific sound plop1900 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > descend [verb (transitive)] > drop flat or flop plop1975 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 66 I do hate to see a great hand..plopping a dish down..in the middle, so that one has to look at the next course all the time one is finishing the last one. 1960 V. Nabokov Invitation to Beheading iii. 37 Emmie was gazing after them, while she lightly plopped the glossy red and blue ball in her hands. 1975 A. Bergman Hollywood & Le Vine vi. 71 She plopped herself comfortably onto the couch. 1975 New Yorker 28 July 8 (advt.) Those plasti-glass, modular hotels that have plopped themselves down in every city in the country. 1993 Outdoor Canada Sept. 8/3 She plopped the big fish back into the lake. 2. intransitive. To emit or make a plop or plops. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > plop plop1898 1898 N. Munro John Splendid x. 100 The river Aora, plopping and crying on its hurried way down. 1927 C. Connolly Let. 4 Jan. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 207 I got very depressed on Sunday evening and thought of..gas mantles plopping in evening chapel. 1972 R. Adams Watership Down xxxviii. 316 All the surface of the river was winking and plopping in the rain. 1990 F. Bates in Style Oct. 76 A three-legged pot of stywe pap bubbled and plopped on the hob. Derivatives ˈplopping n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > plop plopping1827 plop1833 bloop1931 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > plopping plopping1827 plumping1879 1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 84 The plopping gun's sharp, momentary shock. 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 218 Ploppings and splashings as of many small swimmers. 1997 B. MacSweeney Bk. Demons 50 Plopping pear drops splash on the silent pathways. 2004 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Jan. w8 A plopping, rather than a pattering of little feet down the hallway at night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.adv.1833v.1821
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