flumps

Falls down heavily

Flumps is the plural of flump—a soft, heavy sound or the act of falling with such a sound.

Someone flumps into a chair; a bag flumps onto the floor.

The word is onomatopoeic, suggesting the dull thud of something landing without much bounce: She flumps down on the couch after work.

candy

marshmallow

Spongy sugar confection

s'mores · campfire · toasting · vanilla · fluffy · pillowy · soft · puff · whipped · gourmet

texture

squishy

Soft and easily compressed

bouncy · springy · pliable · yielding · elastic · foamy · compressible · malleable · plush · airy

sound

plop

Soft dropping sound

  • thudDull impact noise
  • dropFall or release
  • flopComplete commercial failure

plunk · fall · collapse · tumble · slump · land · sink · settle · plump · cushioned

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manner of movement

flumpsglides

Moves smoothly, frictionlessly

floats · alights · perches · drifts · slips into

energy and deliberation

flumpssprings

Coils, sources, or leaps

leaps · springs up · bounds · vaults · bounces

Family

flump, flumped

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