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plop^¹

/plɒp/ UK
/plɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap.

noun plops

countable A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. He heard the plops of rain on the roof.
UK, countable, slang, uncountable Excrement.

verb plops · plopping · plopped

To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. Stooping, she picked up another pebble, sounded out the word again, and tossed it into the shallow water near the path, where it plopped into the water, sending out circles from where it fell.
ambitransitive To land heavily or loosely. He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV.
UK To defecate.

interjection

Indicating the sound of something plopping. "[A]fter a bit the old ship went down all on a sudden with a lurch to starboard---plop. The suck in was something awful."

PLoP^²

proper noun

abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Pattern Languages of Programs

Translations

Every language

noun A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface

Русский	плеск plesk

verb Sounding of liquid

Français	faire plouf
Deutsch	ploppen
Русский	плю́хнуться pljúxnutʹsja, булты́хнуться bultýxnutʹsja

verb Heavy landing

Español	dejar caer
Deutsch	plumpsen
Русский	плюхнулся pljuxnulsja, плюхнулась pljuxnulasʹ

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@misc{plop_2026,
  title = {plop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}