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Meaning of plumper

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

plumper

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

    Example: a plump baby; plump cheeks

  2. Fat.

  3. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

noun

Definitions

  1. One who plumps or swells out something else.

  2. That which plumps or swells out something else.

  3. Hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.

  4. In elections, a vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him or her the advantage over the others; a person who gives his or her vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his or her vote.