plump

a plump baby; plump cheeks

The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.

1651, Thomas Carew, To my friend G. N. from Wrest:

My ideal is to be idle and to love a plump girl.

2015, Anton Chekhov, The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull, e-artnow, →ISBN:

He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.

1956, Delano Ames, chapter 23, in Crime out of Mind:

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.

1898, George Saintsbury, “XXXVII The Dullards That Men Are”, in A Short History of English Literature:

I've said so haven't I? Plump and plain.

1925, Stanley John Weyman, Queen's Folly:

Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

en-adj

plump (comparative plumper or more plump, superlative plumpest or most plump)

plumper (comparative)
more plump (comparative)
plumpest (superlative)
most plump (superlative)

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).


plump

Her cheeks have plumped.

(intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.

to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water

to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles

1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

(transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

to plump a stone into water

Although Miss Pross, through her long association with a French family, might have known as much of their language as of her own, if she had had a mind, she had no mind in that direction […] So her manner of marketing was to plump a noun-substantive at the head of a shopkeeper without any introduction in the nature of an article […]

1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

(transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

(intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).

(transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.

A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble.

2014, “Brazil in a nutshell”, in The Economist:

(intransitive) To favor or decide in favor of. [with for ‘something’]

en-verb

plump (third-person singular simple present plumps, present participle plumping, simple past and past participle plumped)

plumps (present singular third-person)
plumping (participle present)
plumped (participle past)
plumped (past)


plump

September 24, 1712, The Spectator No. 492, letter from a prude
Dulcissa plumps into a chair.

(intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpfen.


plump

I suppose then, that going plump on a flying whale with your sail set in a foggy squall is the height of a whaleman’s discretion?

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 49, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 253:


plump

As she beheld her, poor Mrs. Mack's heart fluttered up to her mouth, and then dropped with a dreadful plump, into the pit of her stomach.

1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:


plump

a plump of trees, fowls, or spears

To visit islands and the plumps of men.

1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

(obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.


plump

clumsy (movement of person or animal that is often dumpy)

ein plumper Versuch

clumsy; crude; brazen (of a trick or strategy)

de-adj

plump (strong nominative masculine singular plumper, comparative plumper, superlative am plumpsten or (uncommon) am plumpesten)

plumper (masculine nominative singular strong)
plumper (comparative)
am plumpsten (superlative)
am plumpesten (superlative uncommon)
plump (masculine predicative singular)
plump (feminine predicative singular)
plump (neuter predicative singular)
plump (plural predicative)
plumper (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
plumpe (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
plumpes (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
plumpe (nominative plural strong without-article)
plumpen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
plumper (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
plumpen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
plumper (genitive plural strong without-article)
plumpem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
plumper (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
plumpem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
plumpen (dative plural strong without-article)
plumpen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
plumpe (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
plumpes (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
plumpe (accusative plural strong without-article)
der plumpe (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die plumpe (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das plumpe (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die plumpen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des plumpen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der plumpen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des plumpen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der plumpen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem plumpen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der plumpen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem plumpen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den plumpen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den plumpen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die plumpe (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das plumpe (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die plumpen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein plumper (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine plumpe (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein plumpes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
plumpen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine plumpen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines plumpen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer plumpen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines plumpen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
plumpen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner plumpen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem plumpen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer plumpen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem plumpen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
plumpen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen plumpen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen plumpen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine plumpe (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein plumpes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
plumpen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine plumpen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
plumper (comparative masculine predicative singular)
plumper (comparative feminine predicative singular)
plumper (comparative neuter predicative singular)
plumper (comparative plural predicative)
plumperer (comparative masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
plumpere (comparative feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
plumperes (comparative neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
plumpere (comparative nominative plural strong without-article)
plumperen (comparative genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
plumperer (comparative feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
plumperen (comparative genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
plumperer (comparative genitive plural strong without-article)
plumperem (comparative dative masculine singular strong without-article)
plumperer (comparative dative feminine singular strong without-article)
plumperem (comparative dative neuter singular strong without-article)
plumperen (comparative dative plural strong without-article)
plumperen (accusative comparative masculine singular strong without-article)
plumpere (accusative comparative feminine singular strong without-article)
plumperes (accusative comparative neuter singular strong without-article)
plumpere (accusative comparative plural strong without-article)
der plumpere (comparative definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die plumpere (comparative definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das plumpere (comparative definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die plumperen (comparative definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des plumperen (comparative definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der plumperen (comparative definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des plumperen (comparative definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der plumperen (comparative definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem plumperen (comparative dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der plumperen (comparative dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem plumperen (comparative dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den plumperen (comparative dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den plumperen (accusative comparative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die plumpere (accusative comparative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das plumpere (accusative comparative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die plumperen (accusative comparative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein plumperer (comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine plumpere (comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein plumperes (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
plumperen (comparative indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine plumperen (comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines plumperen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer plumperen (comparative feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines plumperen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
plumperen (comparative genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner plumperen (comparative genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem plumperen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer plumperen (comparative dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem plumperen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
plumperen (comparative dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen plumperen (comparative dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen plumperen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine plumpere (accusative comparative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein plumperes (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
plumperen (accusative comparative indefinite mixed plural)
keine plumperen (accusative comparative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
am plumpsten (masculine predicative singular superlative)
am plumpesten (masculine predicative singular superlative uncommon)
am plumpsten (feminine predicative singular superlative)
am plumpesten (feminine predicative singular superlative uncommon)
am plumpsten (neuter predicative singular superlative)
am plumpesten (neuter predicative singular superlative uncommon)
am plumpsten (plural predicative superlative)
am plumpesten (plural predicative superlative uncommon)
plumpster (masculine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpester (masculine nominative singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpeste (feminine nominative singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpstes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpestes (neuter nominative singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpste (nominative plural strong superlative without-article)
plumpeste (nominative plural strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpsten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpesten (genitive masculine singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpster (feminine genitive singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpester (feminine genitive singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpsten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpesten (genitive neuter singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpster (genitive plural strong superlative without-article)
plumpester (genitive plural strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpstem (dative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpestem (dative masculine singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpster (dative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpester (dative feminine singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpstem (dative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpestem (dative neuter singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpsten (dative plural strong superlative without-article)
plumpesten (dative plural strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpsten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpesten (accusative masculine singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpeste (accusative feminine singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpstes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative without-article)
plumpestes (accusative neuter singular strong superlative uncommon without-article)
plumpste (accusative plural strong superlative without-article)
plumpeste (accusative plural strong superlative uncommon without-article)
der plumpste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative weak)
der plumpeste (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular superlative uncommon weak)
die plumpste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative weak)
die plumpeste (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular superlative uncommon weak)
das plumpste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative weak)
das plumpeste (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular superlative uncommon weak)
die plumpsten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative weak)
die plumpesten (definite includes-article nominative plural superlative uncommon weak)
des plumpsten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
des plumpesten (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular superlative uncommon weak)
der plumpsten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative weak)
der plumpesten (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular superlative uncommon weak)
des plumpsten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
des plumpesten (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular superlative uncommon weak)
der plumpsten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative weak)
der plumpesten (definite genitive includes-article plural superlative uncommon weak)
dem plumpsten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
dem plumpesten (dative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative uncommon weak)
der plumpsten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
der plumpesten (dative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative uncommon weak)
dem plumpsten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
dem plumpesten (dative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative uncommon weak)
den plumpsten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
den plumpesten (dative definite includes-article plural superlative uncommon weak)
den plumpsten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative weak)
den plumpesten (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular superlative uncommon weak)
die plumpste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative weak)
die plumpeste (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular superlative uncommon weak)
das plumpste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative weak)
das plumpeste (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular superlative uncommon weak)
die plumpsten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative weak)
die plumpesten (accusative definite includes-article plural superlative uncommon weak)
ein plumpster (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative)
ein plumpester (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular superlative uncommon)
eine plumpste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative)
eine plumpeste (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular superlative uncommon)
ein plumpstes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative)
ein plumpestes (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular superlative uncommon)
plumpsten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative)
keine plumpsten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative)
plumpesten (indefinite mixed nominative plural superlative uncommon)
keine plumpesten (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural superlative uncommon)
eines plumpsten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
eines plumpesten (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative uncommon)
einer plumpsten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einer plumpesten (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative uncommon)
eines plumpsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
eines plumpesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative uncommon)
plumpsten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keiner plumpsten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
plumpesten (genitive indefinite mixed plural superlative uncommon)
keiner plumpesten (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative uncommon)
einem plumpsten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einem plumpesten (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative uncommon)
einer plumpsten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
einer plumpesten (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative uncommon)
einem plumpsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
einem plumpesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative uncommon)
plumpsten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keinen plumpsten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
plumpesten (dative indefinite mixed plural superlative uncommon)
keinen plumpesten (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative uncommon)
einen plumpsten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative)
einen plumpesten (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular superlative uncommon)
eine plumpste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative)
eine plumpeste (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular superlative uncommon)
ein plumpstes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative)
ein plumpestes (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular superlative uncommon)
plumpsten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative)
keine plumpsten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative)
plumpesten (accusative indefinite mixed plural superlative uncommon)
keine plumpesten (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural superlative uncommon)


plump

head

plump f (genitive singular plumpa, nominative plural plumpanna)

plumpa (genitive singular)
plumpanna (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
plump (indefinite singular)
plumpanna (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a phlump (indefinite singular)
a phlumpanna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
plumpa (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an phlump (definite singular)
na plumpanna (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na plumpa (definite singular)
na bplumpanna (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an bplump (definite singular)
don phlump (definite singular)
leis na plumpanna (definite plural)
plump
phlump
bplump

/pˠl̪ˠʊmˠpˠ/


plump

Komikern var kul i början, men när han gjorde sig lustig över utseendet hos killen i publiken blev det plumpt

The comedian started out funny, but when he made fun of the looks of the guy in the audience it stopped being funny

(possibly unintentionally) offensive due to lacking tact; rude, vulgar, tactless

plump (comparative plumpare, superlative plumpast)

plumpare (comparative)
plumpast (superlative)
plump (indefinite positive)
plumpare (comparative indefinite)
plumpast (indefinite superlative)
plumpt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
plumpare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
plumpast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
plumpa (indefinite plural positive)
plumpare (comparative indefinite plural)
plumpast (indefinite plural superlative)
plumpe (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
plumpare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
plumpast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
plumpe (definite masculine positive singular)
plumpare (comparative definite masculine singular)
plumpaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
plumpa (definite positive)
plumpare (comparative definite)
plumpaste (definite superlative)