Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plash; fall with a plashing sound.
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Examples
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The author is speaking now of the plap and plap of morning newspapers, rolled and tucked, plapping against porches as newsboys demonstrated their careless aim.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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In his excitement Archie had forgotten the crocodiles, and he now tore the sharp, triangular blade from his belt, his imagination turning the ripple and plap of water against the nearest boat into the movement of an advancing reptile.
Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris George Manville Fenn 1870
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Wherefore, it is high time to devife a plap to flop the furthej accumulation of debt, othet - wife a general bankruptcy or intolerable op - preffion will be the inevitable confequcnccs.
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But, yaghags hogwarts and arrahquinonthiance, it’s the muddest thick that was ever heard dump since Eggsmather got smothered in the plap of the pfan.
Finnegans Wake 2006
reesetee commented on the word plap
1. to fall or drop with a dull sound. 2. to make a light slapping sound. "Like 'parp,' 'plap' is another one of those endearingly playful, onomatopoeic words that seems to be designed to bring a smile to the face and an image to the mind. The Chambers Dictionary describes the term 'plap' as 'a flatter sound than a plop.'" (From Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, by Christopher Foyle.)
October 3, 2007
cricket commented on the word plap
to me, plap is the sound of a pat of butter landing on a plate.
February 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word plap
That's it, cricket! Or the sound those goofy rubber flippers made--you know, the ones you had as a kid--when you climbed out of the swimming pool.
February 25, 2008
madmouth commented on the word plap
a raindrop hitting a very small frog
April 17, 2009
bilby commented on the word plap
ploink - a tennis racket hitting a very small frog.
April 17, 2009
madmouth commented on the word plap
the real question, of course, is why there isn't a word for 'very small frog'
April 17, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word plap
Poison dart frog?
April 17, 2009