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Definition of "flump" []

  • A dull heavy sound, as of something dropped on a surface. (noun)
  • To move or fall heavily with a dull sound: flumped onto the sofa. (verb-intransitive)
  • To place or drop with a flump. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "flump" in a sentence
  • "Several more seconds led to several smaller "flump" sounds, and we were eventually left with a pile of warm, steamy Boll bits, and a slightly perplexed material science engineer!"
  • "After about 8 seconds in the microwave we heard a slightly muffled "flump" sound, which turned out to be a Boll exploding into smaller boll-bits."
  • "A half minute later, there was an explosive flump, the groan of contorting steel, a crash as the door frame was torn from the wall, the overhead twisting and falling."