Meaning & use
Plops
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Soft, dull sounds made by objects dropping into liquid or onto a soft surface.
See it in a sentence
The pebbles made small plops as they hit the pond.
She heard a series of plops as the rain began to fall on the roof.
A note on using this word
An onomatopoeic word that imitates the sound it describes.
Words with a similar meaning
splashes
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Drops or falls with a soft, dull sound.
The ice cream plops off the cone onto the sidewalk.
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