plumping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb drop sharply
    plummet; plump.
    • The stock market plummeted
  2. verb set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
    plop; plunk; plunk down; plonk; flump; plump; plank; plump down.
    • He planked the money on the table
    • He planked himself into the sofa
  3. verb make fat or plump
    fatten up; fat; fill out; flesh out; fatten; fatten out; plump out; plump.
    • We will plump out that poor starving child
  4. verb give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
    go; plump.
    • I plumped for the losing candidates
  5. adjective satellite very large; of exceptional size for its kind
    • won by a plumping majority

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