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ploop

/pluːp/

ploop interjection: the sound of a small object falling into liquid.

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeic) The sound of a small object falling into liquid.
    • The pebbles went ploop and sunk to the bottom of the pond.

Noun

ploop (plural ploops)

  1. An instance of this sound.
    • I heard a ploop, but I couldn't tell where it came from.

Forms of ploop

pluralploops

Origin of ploop

Imitative; compare the more common plop.

Words that rhyme with ploop

39 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ploop

What does ploop mean?
Ploop means the sound of a small object falling into liquid.
What part of speech is ploop?
Ploop can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce ploop?
Ploop is pronounced /pluːp/.

Words near ploop in the dictionary

  1. Ploofs
  2. plooky
  3. ploonet
  4. ploonets
  5. ploong
  6. ploop
  7. ploops
  8. ploot
  9. ploots
  10. plop
  11. plop down

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