plop

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Perhaps the loudest: lobbyists and salespeople who have used open seating to zero in on a prospective client or lawmaker and plop down next to them for an in-flight pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Fold the nori almost like a taco, add the fillings, roll or plop it right in your mouth.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

“Suddenly with a plop, the egg landed on the straw. With clucks of pleasure the hen shook her feathers, nudged the egg with her beak, and left,” Goodall wrote almost 60 years later.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

They can often be identified from the distinctive plop sound they make when they dive into the water.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

At break, I plop down under our magnolia tree, next to Isabella and Julia.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée