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🫲 A smack sound 💧 A soft splash 🫲 To smack lightly
plap

plap

9.9
A short sound like a soft smack or small splash
  • interjection
  • Informal
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  • He dropped the pebble into the pond and it landed with a soft plap.

Examples

  • I heard a plap when the raindrop hit the puddle.

  • The fish jumped and made a small plap as it reentered the water.

  • He dropped the pebble into the pond and it landed with a quiet plap.

  • As the raindrop hit the window, she mimicked the sound with a playful plap.

  • The fish jumped out of the water with a loud plap!

  • As the raindrop hit the window, it made a light plap sound.

  • The fish leaped into the air and created a small plap on splashing back into the water.

Synonyms

pah
vsplap
  • Informal
1 9.9

A short popping sound made playfully to show a kiss or light spit

is a softer smack or splash sound rather than a quick pop
boink
vsplap
  • Informal
1 9.9

A word you say to show a short, funny hit sound

is gentler and more like a soft smack or small splash
boop
vsplap
  • Texting
9.8

A playful exclamation said when someone touches a nose or face

describes a soft smack or small splash sound rather than a light touch

Surface Forms

plap main

Etymology

Plap copies a small, quick sound — a 'soft smack' or 'small splash' — like a pebble hitting the water, so people say plap as a short exclamation to copy that gentle noise.