plop
/plɑp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
Countable
intj
Indicating the sound of something plopping.
name
Acronym of Pattern Languages of Programs.
Example Sentences
- "He heard the plops of rain on the roof."
- "Stooping, she picked up another pebble, sounded out the word again, and tossed it into the shallow water near the path, where it plopped into the water, sending out circles from where it fell."
- "He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV."
- "As the sun plops into the Pacific off Venice Beach, California, the four of us are sitting in a rented car at the corner of Rose and Main."
- "There was a world inside that tall grass. You could plop yourself down in the middle of it with the scraggly stems against the back of your neck and the endless grasses rising up and jackknifing against the bigbluesky, and the ranch and all of its players would fade into a distant dream."
- "The first time I had niku udon was at a Japanese convenience store, now long closed, near Columbia University in the mid-1990s. For about $5, the attendants would plop a handful of freshly boiled udon into a Styrofoam cup and add a ladle of dashi broth seasoned with soy sauce and mirin."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /plɑp/
- British English: /plɒp/
Usage
- Countable
- British usage
- Slang
- Uncountable