Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To plash; fall with a plashing sound.
Examples
“The author is speaking now of the plap and plap of morning newspapers, rolled and tucked, plapping against porches as newsboys demonstrated their careless aim.”
“In his excitement Archie had forgotten the crocodiles, and he now tore the sharp, triangular blade from his belt, his imagination turning the ripple and plap of water against the nearest boat into the movement of an advancing reptile.”
“Wherefore, it is high time to devife a plap to flop the furthej accumulation of debt, othet - wife a general bankruptcy or intolerable op - preffion will be the inevitable confequcnccs.”
“But, yaghags hogwarts and arrahquinonthiance, it’s the muddest thick that was ever heard dump since Eggsmather got smothered in the plap of the pfan.”
Lists
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Don Martin
Sound affects by the ridiculous cartoonist Don Martin
toob, tweeb, sklishk, kachunk-kachunka-..., ging, zap, zap-pow, thwizzit!, zzzzzz, sploydoing, shlik, plablablabl and 213 more...
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Foyle's Philavery
A selection from Christopher Foyle's book, Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, which I was delighted to learn about here.
abligurition, arcifinious, batterfang, bottomry, broggle, brool, cacoepy, cark, dangleation, dasyphyllous, dentiloquy, deglute and 93 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear Poison dart frog? Apr 17, 2009
madmouth the real question, of course, is why there isn't a word for 'very small frog' Apr 17, 2009
bilby ploink - a tennis racket hitting a very small frog. Apr 17, 2009
madmouth a raindrop hitting a very small frog Apr 17, 2009
reesetee That's it, cricket! Or the sound those goofy rubber flippers made--you know, the ones you had as a kid--when you climbed out of the swimming pool. Feb 25, 2008
cricket to me, plap is the sound of a pat of butter landing on a plate.
Feb 25, 2008
reesetee 1. to fall or drop with a dull sound. 2. to make a light slapping sound. "Like 'parp,' 'plap' is another one of those endearingly playful, onomatopoeic words that seems to be designed to bring a smile to the face and an image to the mind. The Chambers Dictionary describes the term 'plap' as 'a flatter sound than a plop.'" (From Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, by Christopher Foyle.) Oct 3, 2007