Definitions for plops

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IPA: /plɒp/

Plops is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in plops (lopps).

Definitions for plops

noun

1. a plopping sound or fall.
2. the act of plopping.

adverb

1. with a plop:

verb (used with object)

1. to drop or set down heavily:
2. to cause to plop:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water:
2. to fall with such a sound:
3. to drop or fall with full force or direct impact:

Origin of plops

First recorded in 1815-25; imitative

Examples for plops

I took hold of the line, and then, “plop,” as the poet said.

I passed between the tents, and was striding along, when—plop!

The fans willing to plop down thousands of dollars on antique relics are a diverse bunch.

The frogs would rain down on him, land with a plop, gaze up at his smile and become princes.

Neither the mud nor the white mortar in these craters overflow, but bubble, sputter, and plop year after year.

The great drops that fell from them, plop—plop, was like tears.

They could hear behind them the plop and tinkle of more globes.

Now and again one heard the swish and the "plop" of gas-shells.

So much public sculpture comes off as oversized and overblown – as plop art, with pretensions to grandeur and greatness.

So skip the darkness, plop yourself on a couch, and spend the holiday with the family you choose, your friends.