to drop or move heavily and noisily
Origin of flump
probably echoic the act or sound of flumping
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flump
noun
A dull heavy sound, as of something dropped on a surface.
verb
flumped, flump·ing, flumpsverb
intransitiveTo move or fall heavily with a dull sound: flumped onto the sofa.
verb
transitiveTo place or drop with a flump.
Origin of flump
ImitativeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present flumps, present participle flumping, simple past and past participle flumped)
Noun
(plural flumps)
- the dull sound so produced
Origin
Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.
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