Flump
/flʌmp/noun
To fall or drop heavily and clumsily, or the dull sound of such a fall.
Did you know?Flump is an onomatopoeic word, meaning its shape was made to imitate the sound of something landing with a soft, heavy thump rather than coming from an ancient “mystical” root.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
English
flump
“A heavy, dull fall or sound; to fall or drop with a soft thud.”
Middle English
English
flumpen
“A related expressive form meaning to strike or fall heavily.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*flump-
“No securely reconstructed ancestral form is established; the modern word is best explained as expressive sound-symbolism.”
Modern English
English
flump
“To fall or settle down heavily; a heavy, dull dropping sound.”