Synonyms for plop


Grammar : Verb
Spell : plop
Phonetic Transcription : plɒp

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Définition of plop

Origin :
  • 1821, imitative of the sound of a smooth object dropping into water. Related: Plopped; plopping. Thackary (mid-19c.) used plap (v.). As a noun from 1833.
  • verb flop
Example sentences :
  • Now and again one heard the swish and the "plop" of gas-shells.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)
  • I took hold of the line, and then, “plop,” as the poet said.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • The great drops that fell from them, plop—plop, was like tears.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
  • They could hear behind them the plop and tinkle of more globes.
  • Extract from : « Star Hunter » by Andre Alice Norton
  • I passed between the tents, and was striding along, when—Plop!
  • Extract from : « The Luck of Thirteen » by Jan Gordon
  • Neither the mud nor the white mortar in these craters overflow, but bubble, sputter, and plop year after year.
  • Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
  • It fell as they watched, and the "plop" of the soft body upon the floor sounded loud in the silent room.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • Plop followed plop, as the big fellows rose, snatched at their food, and vanished into the depths.
  • Extract from : « The Wolves of God » by Algernon Blackwood
  • If you as much as put your hoof over on that track he's fighting you about, he'll plop you in jail, that's what he'll do!
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
  • Carefully poising the ball, Bunny booted it up and across the field, till it spun down with a plop into Bi's arms.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk

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