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Meanings of flump in English

Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.

Fall heavily.

Synonyms
Examples for "flump down"
Examples for "flump down"
1
He patted her head, flumped down behind his newspaper, said nothing more.
Main Street
2
Every now and then more flumps down from the overhanging branches.
End of Watch
Usage of flump in English
1
The book dropped from his hand and fell with a flump on the floor.
Beyond
2
Thomas collapsed forward onto his face; Alby sprawled to the side with a loud flump.
The Maze Runner
3
Chuck flopped back down with a heavy flump.
The Maze Runner
4
The sponge caught him-witha delightful, squelching flump-fulland fair on the top of his sleek head.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
5
The children fall down flump!
Fishy-Winkle
6
He tried and heard the squeal of axe against bone, the soft flump as the match in her hand lit the Bernz-O-matiC.
Misery
7
I rode on a dromedary, flump-flumping through the sand," and Catty would follow it up with: "I went away with the Good Templars.
Mary Olivier: a Life
8
He patted her head, flumped down behind his newspaper, said nothing more.
Main Street
9
Every now and then more flumps down from the overhanging branches.
End of Watch
10
As he flumped into bed he yawned, and casually stated:
Main Street
11
And still that soft flumping sound of something being dragged.
Misery
12
Then their four frilled hands came down and they flumped out of the high bed.
Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1
13
He turned half around as he flumped himself down with a sigh of relief, and, with a red flash of tongue, kissed Steward's foot.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
14
'If they take him back and move him up the ladder, will I ever see him?' Nancy sat with a flump on the nearest chair.
Quantico
Flump through the time