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plop down

plop down verb: to sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.

Verb

plop down (third-person singular simple present plops down, present participle plopping down, simple past and past participle plopped down)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal) To sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.
    • They plopped themselves down on the bed.
    • In surface America, it makes much more sense to slap a technical fix (mandatory [HIV] testing) on the "problem" and then not think about it anymore. That way we'll identify the pervert "carriers," put them away somewhere and plop down back in front of the tube with our minds untroubled.1988 August 20, Rex Wockner, “Nobody Can Do It Like The USA”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 5
  2. (informal, transitive) To put down (something) in a heavy way.
    • He plopped his wallet down.
  3. (US, informal, transitive) To pay.
    • I can't just plop down $50 for any old pair of jeans.

Forms of plop down

third-person singular presentplops down
present participleplopping down
past participleplopped down
pastplopped down

Questions about plop down

What does plop down mean?
Plop down means to sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.
What part of speech is plop down?
Plop down is a verb.
What is the past tense of plop down?
The past tense of plop down is plopped down.

Words near plop down in the dictionary

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

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