flump
WordNet
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(v)
flump
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" -
(v)
flump
fall heavily
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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flump
To throw down with violence. -
flump
To throw one's self down heavily; flop: as, she flumped down into a chair.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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(v.t)
Flump
flump (coll.) to throw down violently -
(v.i)
Flump
to throw one's self down heavily -
(n)
Flump
the dull sound so produced
Usage in literature
The book dropped from his hand and fell with a flump on the floor. "Beyond" by
Then their four frilled hands came down and they flumped out of the high bed. "Pointed Roofs" by
She entered Mrs. Gartney's presence with nonchalance, and "flumped" incontinently into the easiest and nearest chair. "Faith Gartney's Girlhood" by
The conflicting accounts of Miss Flump, Miss Finch, Mrs Mendham, Crump, and Mrs Jehoram had puzzled her immensely. "The Wonderful Visit" by