Dictionary Check: plump

"plump" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

adjective

sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

Example: "a chubby child"
Synonyms:
noun

the sound of a sudden heavy fall

adverb

straight down especially heavily or abruptly

Example: "the anchor fell plump into the sea"
verb

drop sharply

Example: "The stock market plummeted"
Synonyms:
verb

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

Example: "He planked the money on the table"
verb

make fat or plump

Example: "We will plump out that poor starving child"

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