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# plop

noun (a plop, plops); verb (plop, plops, plopped, plopping); adverb (plop)

«plop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The soft sound of something small dropping into water, like a pebble or a frog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#m1)
2. (verb) To fall or drop with this sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#m2)
3. (verb, informal) To sit down or put something down heavily and carelessly: «She plopped down on the sofa.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#m3)

### In the lessons

Plop is an onomatopoeic word — it sounds like the noise it names (like splash, drip, buzz). In The Wind in the Willows, the river bank is full of small sounds like the plop of a water vole or a fish. In poetry and writing lessons it is used for sound effects. Phrase: «plop down».

### Examples

- The frog jumped into the pond with a plop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x1)
- A big raindrop plopped onto my nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x2)
- He plopped his bag on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x3)
- Something went plop in the dark river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x4)
- She plopped down on the beanbag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x5)
- Two ice cubes plopped into my drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x6)
- We heard a plop as the water vole dived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/#x7)

### Note

Past plopped, -ing plopping (double p). It is an onomatopoeia. Compare: plop (small and soft), splash (bigger), sploosh (informal, big).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «plop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«plop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/plop.html) on Mova free.