plop

== English == === Etymology === Imitative of the sound, or perhaps a variant of plap. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /plɒp/ (General American) IPA(key): /plɑp/ Rhymes: -ɒp === Noun === plop (countable and uncountable, plural plops) (countable) A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. (UK, slang) Excrement. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === plop (third-person singular simple present plops, present participle plopping, simple past and past participle plopped) To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid. (ambitransitive) To land heavily or loosely. (UK) To defecate. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === plop Indicating the sound of something plopping. === Derived terms === === Anagrams === Lopp == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === plopu, plup, plupu, pljop, pljopu, pliop, pliopu === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *ploppus from classical Latin pōpulus. Compare Romanian plop. === Noun === plop m (plural plochi) poplar == Romanian == === Alternative forms === pleop === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ploppus, from classical Latin pōpulus. Compare Italian pioppo. === Noun === plop m (plural plopi) poplar ==== Declension ==== === References === “plop”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026