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ploot

ploot is the obsolete spelling of plout.

ploot is the alternative spelling of plout.

ploot is the alternative spelling of plute.

Meaning of plute

Noun

plute (plural plutes)

  1. (Australia, US, colloquial) A plutocrat, especially a rich industrialist.
    • As a result, the plutes are in a panic.1909, Western Federation of Miners, Miner′s Magazine, page 95

Forms of ploot

pluralploots

Origin of ploot

See plout (“action of plunging or submerging”, “heavy fall of rain”, “a splash”).

See plute (“plutocrat”).

Questions about ploot

What is ploot the obsolete spelling of?
Ploot is the obsolete spelling of plout.

Words near ploot in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ploot (page history and authors); plute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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