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plump something down
1. to drop a heavy load of something. She plumped the load of groceries onto the bench and looked through her purse for the keys. Jill plumped down her packages. 2. to drop something as if it were a heavy load. He plumped the potatoes down on each plate, making a loud noise each time. Dave plumped down a huge slab of meat onto the grill. plump something up to pat or shake something like a pillow into a fuller shape. Todd plumped his pillow up and finished making the bed. He plumped up his pillow. See also: up plump for someone or something to support or promote someone or something. Henry spent a lot of energy plumping for Bill, who was running for vice president. She spent a lot of time plumping for our candidate. plump for somebody/something to support someone or something enthusiastically Marcy had been writing campaign speeches and plumping for McCarthy since December. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Michael Wolff is scratching his head over why after more than a year of staying almost entirely off the record, his old pal Judith Regan—whom he's known since their undergraduate days at Vassar when she was a "pretty, plumpish hippie"—is trying to get all this attention suddenly by telling the New York Daily News she's going to destroy him for the way he portrayed her in his recent biography of her old boss Rupert Murdoch. After tea, he was approached by their plumpish fourteen year old number four batsman in a 'Rhinos' baseball cap, 'Can you tell me where the toilets are, please? Marie Besnard, the heroine - or anti-heroine; we never found out for sure - was middle-aged, plumpish and decidedly frumpish. |
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