Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 81
Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]
Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]
Plug (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
Plug (n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
Plug (n.) A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
Plug (n.) A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
Plug (n.) (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
Plug (n.) An act of plugging [6]; a brief mention for the sake of publicity or advertisement, especially during a public event not specifically intended for advertising purposes; as, he put in a plug for his favorite charity.
Breech plug (Gun.), In breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded.
Fire plug, A street hydrant to which hose may be attached.
Hawse plug (Naut.), A plug to stop a hawse hole.
Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.
Plug centerbit, A centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.
Plug rod (Steam Eng.), A rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.
Plug valve (Mech.), A tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
Plugged (imp. & p. p.) of Plug.
Plugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plug.
Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Plug (v. t.) To briefly publicize or advertise, especially during a public event not specifically intended for advertising purposes; as, during the interview he plugged his new book.
Syn: put in a plug for.
Plug (n.) Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple].
Plug (n.) A wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad].
Plug (n.) Blatant or sensational promotion [syn: ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plug].
Plug (n.) Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark [syn: spark plug, sparking plug, plug].
Plug (n.) An electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection [syn: plug, male plug].
Plug (n.) An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire [syn: fireplug, fire hydrant, plug].
Plug (n.) An old or over-worked horse [syn: hack, jade, nag, plug].
Plug (v.) Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak" [syn: plug, stop up, secure].
Plug (v.) Persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem" [syn: plug, plug away].
Plug (v.) Deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach" [syn: punch, plug].
Plug (v.) Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote.
Plug (v.) Insert a plug into; "plug the wall."
Plug (v.) Insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle."
Plugger (n.) One who, or that which, plugs.
Plugger (n.) Someone who is an active supporter and advocate [syn: promoter, booster, plugger].
Plugging (n.) The act of stopping with a plug.
Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. -- G. Bentham.
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the Prunus domestica are described; among them the greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are some of the best known.
Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, The Prunus maritima, And its crimson or purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, The American Prunus Chicasa, and its round red drupes.
Orleans plum, A dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, With red or yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several other varieties.
Among plants called plum, but of other genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and Cargillia australis, Of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, The West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, The Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, The West African Parinarium macrophyllum.
Gopher plum, The Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, Several species of Flacourtia
Plum (n.) A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
Plum (n.) Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.
Plum (n.) A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), The European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), A weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), An American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.
Plum (adv.) Exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum].
Plum (adv.) Completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum].
Plum (n.) Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone [syn: plum, plum tree].
Plum (n.) Any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit.
Plum (n.) A highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum."
Plum, () A compiler for a substantial subset of PL/I for the Univac 1100, from the University of Maryland.
["PL/I Programming with PLUM", M.V. Zelkowitz, Paladin House, 1978].
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Plum, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 26940
Housing Units (2000): 10624
Land area (2000): 28.628230 sq. miles (74.146772 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.385414 sq. miles (0.998217 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 29.013644 sq. miles (75.144989 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61536
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.494110 N, 79.754477 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15239
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Plum, PA
Plum
Plumae (n. pl. ) of Pluma.
Pluma (n.) [L.] (Zool.) A feather.
Plumage (n.) (Zool.) The entire clothing of a bird.
Note: It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. See Illust. under Bird.
Plumage (n.) The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds [syn: feather, plume, plumage].
Plumassary (n.) A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.
Plumassier (n.) [F.] One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
Plumb (n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
Plumb bob. See Bob, 4.
Plumb joint, In sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
Plumb level. See under Level.
Plumb line. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet.
Plumb line. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth.
Plumb rule, A narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.
Plumb (a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
Plumb (adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. "Plumb down he falls." -- Milton.
Plumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Plumb.
Plumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plumb.
Plumb (v. t.) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
Plumb (v. t.) To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. -- Ld. Lytton.
Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
Plumb (v. t.) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Plumb (adv.) Completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum].
Plumb (adv.) Conforming to the direction of a plumb line.
Plumb (adv.) Exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum].
Plumb (a.) Exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb."
Plumb (n.) The metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb, plummet].
Plumb (v.) Measure the depth of something.
Plumb (v.) Weight with lead.
Plumb (v.) Examine thoroughly and in great depth.
Plumb (v.) Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical.
Plumbage (n.) Leadwork. [R.]
Plumbagin (n.) (Chem.) A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort ({Plumbago) family.
Plumbagineous (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to natural order ({Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.
Plumbaginous (a.) Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.
Compare: Graphite
Graphite (n.) (Min.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.
Graphite battery (Elec.), A voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid.
Graphite (n.) Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors [syn: graphite, black lead, plumbago].
Plumbago (n.) (Min.) Same as Graphite.
Plumbago (n.) (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort. Plumbean
Plumbago (n.) Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors [syn: graphite, black lead, plumbago].
Plumbago (n.) Any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago.
Plumbean (a.) Alt. of Plumbeous.
Plumbeous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lead. -- J. Ellis.
Plumbeous (a.) Dull; heavy; stupid. [R.] -- J. P. Smith.
Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead pipes.
Plumber (n.) Hence: Any worker who installs or repairs piping and related equipment for conveyance of water, gas, or drainage into or out of buildings, or within buildings to fixtures or equipment using water. The type of material used for the conduits varies with the application, and may be may be of lead, iron, copper, glass, palstic, or other material.
Plumber (n.) A craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances [syn: plumber, pipe fitter].
Plumber, () A system for obtaining information about memory leaks in Ada and C programs.
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Compare: Pillow
Pillow (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Pillowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillowing.] To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. -- Milton.
Pillow (n.) Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.
[Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. -- Shak.
Pillow (n.) (Mach.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block. [R.]
Pillow (n.) (Naut.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
Pillow (n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Lace pillow, A cushion used in making hand-wrought lace.
Pillow bier, () A pillowcase; pillow slip. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Pillow block (Mach.), A block, or standard, for supporting a journal, as of a shaft. It is usually bolted to the frame or foundation of a machine, and is often furnished with journal boxes, and a movable cover, or cap, for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block.
Pillow lace, Handmade lace wrought with bobbins upon a lace pillow.
Pillow of a plow, A crosspiece of wood which serves to raise or lower the beam.
Pillow sham, An ornamental covering laid over a pillow when not in use.
Pillow slip, A pillowcase.
Pillow (n.) A cushion to support the head of a sleeping person.
Pillow (v.) Rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn: pillow, rest].
Pillow, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 304
Housing Units (2000): 139
Land area (2000): 0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.479079 sq. miles (1.240809 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60264
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.640430 N, 76.803464 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Plumber block () A pillow block.
Plumbery (n.) The business of a plumber. [Obs.]
Plumbery (n.) A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.
Plumbery (n.) The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) [syn: plumbing, plumbery].
Plumbic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.
Plumbic (a.) Relating to or consisting of lead [syn: plumbic, plumbous].
Plumbiferous (a.) Producing or containing lead. -- Kirwan.
Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. -- Gwilt.
Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
Plumbing (n.) Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage [syn: plumbing, plumbing system].
Plumbing (n.) The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) [syn: plumbing, plumbery].
Plumbing (n.) Measuring the depths of the oceans [syn: bathymetry, plumbing].
Plumbing (n.) [Unix] Term used for shell code, so called because of the prevalence of pipelines that feed the output of one program to the input of another. Under Unix, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file grinding encapsulated in a shell script; this is much less effort than writing C every time, and the capability is considered one of Unix's major winning features. A few other OSs such as IBM's VM/CMS support similar facilities. Esp.: used in the construction hairy plumbing (see hairy). ?You can kluge together a basic spell-checker out of sort(1), comm(1), and tr(1) with a little plumbing.? See also tee.
Plumbing, () (Unix) Term used for shell code, so called because of the prevalence of "{pipelines" that feed the output of one program to the input of another. Under Unix, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temporary file grinding encapsulated in a shell script. This is much less effort than writing C every time, and the capability is considered one of Unix's major winning features. A few other operating systems such as IBM's VM/CMS support similar facilities.
The tee utility is specifically designed for plumbing. [{Jargon File] (1995-02-23)
Plumbism (n.) (Med.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.
Plumbism (n.) Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system [syn: lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism].
Plumbous (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.
Plumbous (a.) Relating to or consisting of lead [syn: plumbic, plumbous].
Plumbum (n.) [L.] (Chem.) The technical name of lead. See Lead.
Plume (n.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
Wings . . . of many a colored plume. -- Milton.
Plume (n.) (Zool.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.
Plume (n.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. -- Dryden.
Plume (n.) A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. "Ambitious to win from me some plume." -- Milton.
Plume (n.) (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
Plume bird (Zool.), Any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida ({Ardea candidissima).
Plume grass. (Bot) (a) A kind of grass ({Erianthus saccharoides) with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States.
Plume grass. (Bot) (b) The still finer Erianthus Ravenn[ae] from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus.
Plume moth (Zool.), Any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophorid[ae]. Most of them have the wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the grapevine.
Plume nutmeg (Bot.), An aromatic Australian tree ({Atherosperma moschata), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles.
Plumed (imp. & p. p.) of Plume.
Pluming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plume.
Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. -- W. Irving.
Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] -- Bacon. Dryden.
Plume (v. t.) To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed troop." -- Shak.
Plume (v. t.) To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. -- South.
Plumed adder (Zool.), An African viper ({Vipera cornuta"> Plumed adder (Zool.), an African viper ({Vipera cornuta, Syn. Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
Plumed partridge (Zool.), The California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.
Plume (n.) Anything that
resembles a feather in shape or lightness; "a plume of smoke";
"grass with large plumes."
Plume (n.) A feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament.
Plume (n.) The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds [syn: feather, plume, plumage].
Plume (v.) Rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge].
Plume (v.) Be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride, plume, congratulate].
Plume (v.) Deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet."
Plume (v.) Clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" [syn: preen, plume].
Plume (v.) Form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke."
Plume (v.) Dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress].
Plumeless (a.) Without plumes.
Plumelet (n.) A small plume.
When rosy plumelets tuft the larch. -- Tennyson.
Plumery (n.) Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. [R.] -- Southey.
Plumicorn (n.) (Zool.) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
Plumigerous (a.) Feathered; having feathers. -- Bailey
Plumiliform (a.) Having the of a plume or feather. [R.]
Plumiped (a.) (Zool.) Having feet covered with feathers.
Plumiped (n.) (Zool.) A plumiped bird.
Plummet (n.) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. -- Shak.
Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
Plummet (n.) Hence, any weight.
Plummet (n.) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
Plummet line, A line with a plummet; a sounding line.
Plummet (n.) The metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb, plummet].
Plummet (v.) Drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet, plump].
Plumming (n.) (Min.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
Plummy (a.) Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. [Colloq.] "For the sake of getting something plummy". -- G. Eliot. Plumose
Plummy (a.) Very desirable; "a plummy leading role."
Plummy (a.) (Of a voice) Affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice."
Plumose (a.) Alt. of Plumous.
Plumous (a.) Having feathers or plumes.
Plumous (a.) Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.
Plumose (a.) Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn: plumate, plumed, plumose].
Plumosite (n.) (Min.) Same as Jamesonite.
Plumosity (n.) The quality or state of being plumose.
Plump (a.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. -- Shak.
The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. -- T. Carew.
Plump (a.) Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. -- Saintsbury.
Plump (n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]
To visit islands and the plumps of men. -- Chapman.
Plump (v. i.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
Plump (v. i.) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once. "Dulcissa plumps into a chair." -- Spectator.
Plump (v. i.) To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plumped (imp. & p. p.) of Plump.
Plumping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plump.
Plump (v. t.) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. -- Fuller.
Plump (v. t.) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
Plump (v. t.) To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump (adv.) Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." -- Beau. & Fl.
Plump (adv.) Straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water."
Plump (a.) Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn: chubby, embonpoint, plump].
Plump (n.) The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
Plump (v.) Drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet, plump].
Plump (v.) Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump].
Plump (v.) Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up].
Plump (v.) Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" [syn: plump, go].
Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.
Plumper (n.) (English Elections) A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote.
Plumper (n.) A voter who plumps his vote. [Eng.]
Plumper (n.) A downright, unqualified lie. [Colloq. or Low]
Plumply (adv.) Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [Colloq.]
Plumpness (n.) The quality or state of being plump.
Plumpness (n.) The bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness, embonpoint, roundness].
Plumpy (a.) Plump; fat; sleek. "Plumpy Bacchus." -- Shak.
Plumule (n. pl. ) of Plumula.
-las (n. pl. ) of Plumula.