plop down

English

Verb

plop down (third-person singular simple present plops down, present participle plopping down, simple past and past participle plopped down) (informal)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.

   They plopped themselves down on the bed.

   • 1988 August 20, Rex Wockner, “Nobody Can Do It Like The USA”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 5:

     In surface America, it makes much more sense to slap a technical fix (mandatory [HIV] testing) on the "problem" and then not think about it anymore. That way we'll identify the pervert "carriers," put them away somewhere and plop down back in front of the tube with our minds untroubled.

   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 42, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 221:

     Kade stood. Hands on hips. Big breaths. He reached a barstool and plopped down.

2. (transitive) To put down (something) in a heavy way.

   He plopped his wallet down.

3. (US, transitive) To pay.

   I can't just plop down $50 for any old pair of jeans.