Definitions

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  • noun A light sound or action like liquid hitting a surface.
  • verb To make the sound of liquid hitting a hard surface.
  • verb To lock or unlock using a remote control locking device.

Etymologies

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Onomatopoeic.

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From Plip ("remote control locking device"), perhaps influenced by onomatopoeia.

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Examples

  • I went on working, and the raindrops hit me, too I also go plip, which is interesting – does this mean I am a plant at heart?

    Archive 2009-06-01 Imogen 2009

  • I went on working, and the raindrops hit me, too I also go plip, which is interesting – does this mean I am a plant at heart?

    Hot and sticky on Monday... Imogen 2009

  • Flip " plip " Droplets of water collect in the depressions of the tent above his head, some seeping through the worn fabric and falling onto the stone, others falling upon his half-bare body.

    The Towers of the Sunset Modesitt, L. E. 1992

  • The clarity and the creativity in the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is more inspiring, from the tiny "plip" when Ray tosses a crumpled piece of paper and it lands behind him to the all-encompassing thunder.

    Big Picture Big Sound - Home Theater, HDTV, Movie Reviews 2010

  • I separated them and "plip", out fell … a dead mouse.

    Celebrity Online News - Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Information and Celebrity Reports. Celebrity RSS Feed Available 2009

  • He padded through the oak understory to within a few feet of the stream, then flipped his spinner - sometimes overhand, sometimes underhand, sometimes sideways - with surgical precision to land with a "plip" in the water near a snag of fallen branches on the opposite bank.

    International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2009

  • He padded through the oak understory to within a few feet of the stream, then flipped his spinner - sometimes overhand, sometimes underhand, sometimes sideways - with surgical precision to land with a "plip" in the water near a snag of fallen branches on the opposite bank.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • Those little “plip” and “flutter” sounds you hear are sweat beads a 'running and sphincters a' puckering.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • Those little “plip” and “flutter” sounds you hear are sweat beads a 'running and sphincters a' puckering.

    Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D) Released On Appeal 2008

  • August 19, 2008 at 10:36 pm oar a blak whole – sukkin u innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..*plip*

    itteh bitteh sleepeh committeh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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