plump (sb/sth) down
informal— phrasal verb with plump uk/plʌmp/us/plʌmp/verb [ T ]
to sit down suddenly and heavily, or to put an object or child down suddenly and without taking care:
She plumped down next to me on the sofa.
He rushed in and plumped himself down in a chair.
Joan sat down at the front of the bus, and plumped her bags down beside her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- four
- pew
- plop
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit back
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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