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plumper Definition


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plump1
adj
    plumper, plumpest
    1. Full, rounded or chubby; not unattractively fat.
      Thesaurus: stout, fleshy, buxom, chubby, corpulent, rotund, portly; Antonym: skinny, thin.
verb
    plumped, plumping
    1. To shake (cushions or pillows) to give them their full soft bulk.
      Form: plump something up (often)
Derivative: plumply
adverb
    Derivative: plumpness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c in adjectival sense; 15c in obsolete sense ‘dull' or ‘blunt': from Dutch plomp blunt.



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