Crossword clues for flump
Wiktionary
n. the dull sound so produced vb. 1 (context intransitive English) to move or fall heavily, or with a dull sound 2 (context transitive English) to drop something heavily or with a dull sound
WordNet
v. fall heavily [syn: flump down]
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [syn: plank, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump]
Wikipedia
- redirect The Flumps
A Flump is a British sweet made of marshmallow. The sweet is a combination of both pink and yellow marshmallow, which has the appearance of a twisted helix. Flump sweets are sold in the United Kingdom and are made by the confectioner Barratt. They consist of glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, gelatin, cornflour, natural flavouring, and natural colours ( Riboflavin, Cochineal).
Usage examples of "flump".
Myra, but her coat was pulled on, her knitted wool hat was flumped down over her ears, and she was hauled sideways out of the booth.
The outer layer of each piece of wood burnt so fast that as the ashes peeled away it looked as if somebody had just flumped a busted pillow on the ground and released a hundred thousand feathers all at once.
Bean would do a decent job, but the reason he'd have the respect of his soldiers was because he would carry some of Ender's reflected glory with him, a shrimpy little Napoleon flumping around wearing a man's shoes while he barked commands in a little tiny child's voice.
He didn't stalk around the mound like some of them did, or bend to fiddle with his shoes, or pick up the rosin bag and then toss it back down in a little flump of white dust.