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plop1 nounplop2 verb plopplop1 /plɒp $ plɑːp/ noun [countable] - The frog reached the stream and jumped in with a plop.
- A prim plop as it landed, sank.
- And suddenly, with the water, out came the long slimy newt straight into the glass, plop!
- He eyed them and tossed the small ones over his shoulder into the water with a plop.
- It came out with a sickening plop and a gushing gout of blood.
- There was a plop as it landed in the water, then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down.
- Three quiet days went past in the slow slap and plop of the river.
made by a liquid► splash the sound that a liquid makes when something hits it, or when it hits against another thing: · She jumped into the pool with a big splash.· the splash of the waves against the rocks ► gurgle the low sound that water makes when it flows gently over or through something: · the gurgle of a stream· She listened to the gurgle as the water drained out of the bath. ► plop the sudden short sound when something is dropped into a liquid: · Kate dropped the ice into her glass with a plop. the sound made by something when it falls or is dropped into liquidwith a plop The soap fell into the bath with a loud plop.► see thesaurus at soundplop1 nounplop2 verb plopplop2 verb (past tense and past participle plopped, present participle plopping) plop2Origin: 1800-1900 From the sound VERB TABLEplop |
Present | I, you, we, they | plop | | he, she, it | plops | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | plopped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have plopped | | he, she, it | has plopped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had plopped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will plop | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have plopped |
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Present | I | am plopping | | he, she, it | is plopping | | you, we, they | are plopping | Past | I, he, she, it | was plopping | | you, we, they | were plopping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been plopping | | he, she, it | has been plopping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been plopping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be plopping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been plopping |
- Noah threw a stone high into the air and it plopped into the river.
- Several letters plopped onto the doormat.
- The frog plopped back into the river.
- Although I was evading the wall and finding the goal, the ball was plopping into the net.
- Carefully, slowly, not at all certain why, they plopped down on to the branch.
- Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.
- The gas plops out, and I butter the toast listening to matches struck in the dark.
- The green ones held on tighter, didn't plop into her palms but had to be tugged.
- The hobo could not flow, could not plop.
- Tom plopped himself askew in one of the Venetian chairs.
sounds made by liquids or something wet► splash the sound that a liquid makes when it falls from a height, hits something hard, or is moved rapidly around: · There was a splash behind the boat as a large silver fish jumped out of the water.· Judging from the shouts and splashes coming from the pool, everyone was having a lot of fun. fall/land etc with a splash: · Ashlee fell into the river with a loud splash. ► squelch British to make a sound like someone walking in soft, wet mud, or to move somewhere making this sound: · It had been raining hard and my boots squelched as I walked across the park.squelch along/past/through etc: · Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across the meadow.squelch around: · Melvin was squelching around in the yard outside the cowshed. ► gurgle if something such as a stream gurgles , it makes a low irregular sound like water flowing through a pipe: · The pipes in the attic gurgle in the night and keep me awake.· The washing machine gurgled as it changed cycles. ► plop to make a sound like something solid falling directly into water: plop into/onto etc: · Noah threw a stone high into the air and it plopped into the river.· Several letters plopped onto the doormat. ► bubble to make the continuous repeated sound that is made, for example, by water boiling: · A large saucepan of soup was bubbling on the stove. ADVERB► down· The coyote returned to the barn end and plopped down in front of the crowd of llamas.· She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.· Carefully, slowly, not at all certain why, they plopped down on to the branch.· Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.· She plopped down too much mortar, smoothed it out and set a brick on it.· On our other side a young couple wandered by and plopped down with only a six-pack and a sleeping bag. ► plop (yourself) down- Stanley plopped down on the sofa beside me.
- Carefully, slowly, not at all certain why, they plopped down on to the branch.
- On our other side a young couple wandered by and plopped down with only a six-pack and a sleeping bag.
- Our friend Joan strolls into the bank and plops down $ 100 to open an account.
- She plopped down too much mortar, smoothed it out and set a brick on it.
- She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.
- The coyote returned to the barn end and plopped down in front of the crowd of llamas.
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to fall somewhere, making a sound like something dropping into waterplop into/out of/onto etc The frog plopped back into the pond.2[transitive] to drop something, especially into a liquid, so that it makes a soundplop something into something I plopped a couple of ice cubes into the drink.3plop (yourself) down to sit down or lie down heavily: She plopped down on the sofa beside me. |