Plump /(plŭmp)/

1. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

   The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.

2. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.

   After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.

1. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]

   To visit islands and the plumps of men.

1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping

1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.

   To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles.

2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.