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plumping for

plumping for is the present participle and gerund of plump for.

Meaning of plump for

Verb

plump for (third-person singular simple present plumps for, present participle plumping for, simple past and past participle plumped for)

  1. (UK, informal) To choose; to select.
    • The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake.

Questions about plumping for

What is plumping for the present participle and gerund of?
Plumping for is the present participle and gerund of plump for.

Words near plumping for in the dictionary

  1. plumpies
  2. plumpiest
  3. plumpiness
  4. plumping
  5. plumping down
  6. plumping for
  7. plumping up
  8. plumpings
  9. plumpish
  10. plumpishly
  11. plumpishness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plumping for (page history and authors); plump for (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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