plump(someone/something)down
phrasal verbwithplumpverb[T]uk/plʌmp/us/plʌmp/
informaltositdownsuddenlyandheavily, or to put anobjectorchilddownsuddenlyand without takingcare:
Sheplumpeddown next to meonthesofa.
Herushedin andplumpedhimselfdowninachair.
Joansatdown at thefrontof thebus, andplumpedherbagsdown beside her.
Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- foot
- on all foursidiom
- pew
- rampant
- reseat
- scooch
- seat
- stand around
- stand aside
- stand round
- stand up
- strike
- surface
- take a pew!idiom