What is "plopping"

Plop \Plop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plopping.] [Imitative.] To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water.

The body plopped up, turning on its side.
--Kipling.

n. The sound or action of something that plops. vb. (present participle of plop English)

1. n. the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

2. adv. with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" [syn: plunk]

3. v. drop something with a plopping sound

4. drop with the sound of something falling into water

5. 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, flump, plonk, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump]

6. [also: plopping, plopped]

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