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Meanings of plop in English

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

With a short hollow thud.

Usage of plop in English
1
Again the gentle plop was heard through the amplifiers and nothing more.
Make Mine Homogenized
2
She heard it tearing through metal and bouncing, landing with a plop.
Dreadnought
3
Skylan turned to see Wulfe plop down in the sand beside him.
Doom of the Dragon
4
His face dropped with a plop into his second helping of pie.
The devil's touch
5
The woman gave a quick little tug, and plop, out it came.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
6
It lands on his face with a slimy plop before sliding off.
World After
7
Her words didn't mean any more than the heavy plop of the rain.
Karen Memory
8
But sure, plop him in the promo having a good fart.
The Guardian
9
Chunks of earth gently break off the bank and plop into the water.
Conquest of the Useless
10
Madam Shimizu lifted her useless-looking hands, then let them plop into her lap.
Bundori
11
The air conditioning dripped, plop, plop, like water inside a cave.
Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
12
The inner tubes plop into the green swirl, and we wade in behind.
Lit: a memoir
13
The next page, there's a drawing of himself fainting, plop, on the floor.
The new yorker
14
The great drops that fell from them, plop-plop, was like tears.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
15
It made a little plop as it went into the liquid.
Boy’s Life
16
One mud-covered boot fell off and hit the ground with a soggy plop.
Summer knight
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Plop through the time
Plop across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common