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Definitions for Plumper

[1] an act of falling heavily; a plumping.
[2] Chiefly British . the vote of a person who plumps.
[3] something carried in the mouth to fill out hollow cheeks.
[4] well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.
[5] to become plump (often followed by up or out ).
[6] to make plump (often followed by up or out ): to plump up the sofa pillows.
[7] to drop or fall heavily or suddenly; come down abruptly or with direct impact.
[8] Chiefly British . to vote exclusively for one candidate in an election, instead of distributing or splitting one's votes among a number.
[9] to drop or throw heavily or suddenly (often followed by down ): He plumped himself down and fell asleep.
[10] to utter or say bluntly (often followed by out ): She plumps out the truth at the oddest times.
[11] to praise or extol: road signs plumping the delights of a new candy bar.
[12] a heavy or sudden fall.
[13] the sound resulting from such a fall.
[14] with a heavy or sudden fall or drop.
[15] directly or bluntly, as in speaking.
[16] in a vertical direction; straight down.
[17] with sudden encounter.
[18] with direct impact.
[19] direct; downright; blunt.
[20] plump for , to support enthusiastically; be wholeheartedly in favor of: to plump for a team.
[21] a pad carried in the mouth by actors to round out the cheeks
[22] well filled out or rounded; fleshy or chubby a plump turkey
[23] bulging, as with contents; full a plump wallet
[24] (of amounts of money) generous; ample a plump cheque
[25] (often foll by up or out ) to make or become plump to plump up a pillow
[26] (often foll by down, into, etc ) to drop or fall suddenly and heavily to plump down on the sofa
[27] (intr foll by for ) to give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
[28] a heavy abrupt fall or the sound of this
[29] suddenly or heavily he ran plump into the old lady
[30] straight down; directly the helicopter landed plump in the middle of the field
[31] in a blunt, direct, or decisive manner
[32] archaic , or dialect a group of people, animals, or things; troop; cluster

Words related to Plumper

fleshy, chunky, pudgy, full, stout, round, filled, beefy, burly, buxom, corpulent, obese, portly, rotund, tubby

Words nearby Plumper

plummet, plummy, plumose, plump, plumpen, plumper, plumpish, plumulaceous, plumule, plumulose, plumy

Origin of Plumper

21300–50; Middle English plumpen (v.), cognate with Dutch plompen; probably imitative

Other words from Plumper

plump·ly , adverb
plump·ness , noun

Word origin for Plumper

C15: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Plumper

chunky, fleshy, pudgy, filled, full, round, stout, beefy, burly, buxom, corpulent, obese, portly, rotund, tubby