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the sound of something committing fully to gravity with zero grace.
means The dull, soft sound (or the act) of something dropping into liquid or onto a surface, landing with a quick, blunt finality.
from Pure onomatopoeia — the word IS the noise, coined to mimic the sound itself, the way 'plip' and 'plonk' do. It surfaced in English in the 19th century, part of a little family of 'pl-' splash-and-drop words where the lips part to release a soft, weighty thud.
- onomatopoeia
- the word literally is the sound it names
- physics
- a sealed air bubble pops to make the noise
- frog speak
- japanese frogs say plop, not ribbit
- global cousins
- french prefer plouf for the same splash
for instance
plop product — plop is a real antacid tablet brand sold in the uk since 1971