Definition of Flump

1. Verb. Fall heavily. "The branches flump from the trees"

Exact synonyms: Flump Down
Generic synonyms: Drop

2. Verb. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. "There flump some children in the rocking chair"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
Exact synonyms: Plank, Plonk, Plop, Plump, Plump Down, Plunk, Plunk Down
Generic synonyms: Place Down, Put Down, Set Down
Derivative terms: Plonk

Definition of Flump

1. Verb. (intransitive) to move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to drop something heavily or with a dull sound ¹

3. Noun. the dull sound so produced ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flump

1. to fall heavily [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flump

flumethasone
flumethiazide
flumina
flumina pilorum
fluming
fluminous
flumioxazin
flummadiddle
flummadiddles
flummeries
flummox
flummoxed
flummoxes
flummoxing
flump (current term)
flump down
flumped
flumpence
flumpet
flumpets
flumping
flumps
flunami
flunamis
flunarizine
flung
flunisolide
flunitrazepam
flunitrazepan

Literary usage of Flump

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... a right angle; ein flump fer —, an obtuse angle; im — , fig. secretly, clandestinely; II. сотр. ..."

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