Flump (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She flumped her tired body into the soft couch after a long day.
- He flumped the heavy box onto the floor, making a loud noise.
- After running, she flumped herself onto the grass, exhausted.
- The child flumped her doll onto the bed and began to play.
- She flumped her bag onto the ground, careful not to spill its contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Fall heavily.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- She let out a deep sigh as she flopped onto the couch, then flumped forward to rest her head in her hands.
- The children played outside, laughing until one of them accidentally flumped to the ground, scraping their knee in the process.
- As the tired hiker walked, she felt her legs begin to flump under her, finally collapsing from exhaustion.
- He jumped off the chair, but instead of a smooth landing, he flumped to the floor with a loud thud.
- The wind caused the branches to flump heavily against the sides of the house, scaring everyone inside.