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🐈 Full and round 🛏️ To make fuller 🔊 A heavy noise 💺 To drop heavily ☑️ To choose clearly ⬇️ Heavily or directly
to plump

to plump

1 7.4
To choose one thing or person from a group
  • verb
  • /plʌmp/
  • UK
translation icon : optar por
  • When choosing a restaurant, I always plump for the one with the highest ratings.

Examples

  • Which option are you plumping for?

    The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

  • There's no carrot cake mix, so Mama plumps for chocolate fudge instead.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • - What did you plump for?

    Brief Encounter (1945)

  • And then plump for whatever turns out to be the cheapest option.

    I Give It a Year (2013)

  • Therefore, I shall plump for the Hermitage.

    Deception (1946)

  • OLCI came and went, and I plumped for a seat in the back of the plane.

    Blog text (4)

  • Ryan also plumps for his Medicare reforms as a solution to inequality.

    Blog text (17)

  • The Cheerios are too high up, so I've plumped for the generics down below.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Oxford American Dictionaries has chosen "gif" as the Word of the Year, with Oxford UK plumping for "omnishambles."

    Blog text (32)

  • Some nuggets of nutritious substance survive, but these are few and far between, and the crowd all seems to plump for Le Big Mac en masse.

    Blog text (19)

Synonyms

to plump for
vsto plump
  • UK
1 7.3

Choose someone or something after thinking about other options

expresses a clear preference rather than choosing after long consideration
to plunk for
vsto plump
  • Informal
8.5

To choose to support someone, often by voting

is a general preference expression not limited to political contexts

Antonyms

to oppose
∞ 2.9

To be against something and try to stop it

to reject
839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

Phrasal Verbs

to plump up
1 4.5

To make a pillow or cushion fuller by fluffing it

to plump for
  • UK
1 7.3

Choose someone or something after thinking about other options

to plump down
  • UK
7.2

To put something or yourself down suddenly and heavily, often making a noise

to plump down
  • UK
6.0

To sit down suddenly in a heavy, relaxed way

to plump out
  • UK
6.1

To make someone or something rounder and fuller

How Decisive

to plump
  • UK
1 7.4
to choose
∞ 1.0
to opt for
63 3.5
to prefer
∞ 1.3
to consider
∞ 1.1

Surface Forms

plump infinitive
plumped past
plumped past participle
plumping present participle
plumps third person singular

Etymology

Plump in the phrase 'plump for' is best remembered like 'dropping' your choice onto one option with a single clear action, as if you place your vote with a little thud; a helpful way to remember this is to think of choosing quickly and clearly. So to plump for something is to 'choose or support' it.