Craig Brown

Personally, I belong to the speedy school of golf. If it were left up to me, I would introduce a new rule that said every golf ball has to stay in motion from the moment it leaves the tee to the moment it plops into the hole, thus obliging each player to run along after his ball and give it another whack before it stops rolling.

English Critic

Tim Schafer

I always think the recipe for success for a game or any sort of a fantasy experience is to think of a character that hasn't really been explored before, who is unique and has special abilities that not everybody has, and plop them into whatever is the most interesting situation to plop them into.

American Businessman

Nick Lachey

People used to come home from school and plop down in front of the TV and religiously watch 'TRL.' It was a moment in time that I think a lot of people have a lot of fond memories of. It's a fun trip to take down memory lane because it was a great time for a lot of people, bands included.

American Musician

Alexandra Adornetto

I know kids who say they have nothing to do and then go plop themselves down in front of the television to watch a movie or play Nintendo or Xbox. I think there is nothing better for killing creativity and imagination.

Australian Author

Rosecrans Baldwin

My ideal vacation isn't about complex maneuvers. I want to arrive somewhere foreign where I don't speak the language, go hiking, then plop down in a sunny square, have drinks, read a book, and see what happens.

American Novelist

John Pomfret

One of the problems that we have as American journalists is that we bring the American cultural baggage with us and we plop it down and it follows us around and that's just a fact of life.

American Journalist

Ross Mathews

I grew up in this little farm town, and I've always dreamt of Hollywood and pop culture, and then I suddenly found myself plopped in the middle of it.

American Entertainer

Billy Eichner

I was like a fat, sweaty kid growing up in Queens who just was plopped down in front of 'Entertainment Tonight' by my parents.

American Comedian

Stephen King

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Author

Don Felder

Every once in a while, it seems like the cosmos part, and something great plops into your lap.

Use 'plop' to describe a gentle sound made when an object falls into liquid, not loud noises.

Soft Sound Indication

'Plop' often implies a small or lightweight object is dropped, not heavy items.

Light Object

Use 'plop down' to describe an informal, ungraceful way of sitting, showing relaxation or tiredness.

Casual Action

'Plop down' suggests a sudden or quick action of sitting, with little concern for elegance.

Sudden Movement

'Plop' as a noun identifies the distinct sound made by a small object hitting liquid; it's not used for other sounds.

Specific Sounds

The noun 'plop' focuses on the sound, not the visual impact or splash made.

No Visual Emphasis 

Use 'plop' as an interjection to mimic the sound an object makes when it hits water, ideal for expressive or creative contexts.

Imitating Sounds

The interjection 'plop' can add a playful tone to descriptions or storytelling.

Playful Connotation

 compared to making something the traditional way. And instead of plopping down several hundred million dollars to build a chemical plant that will only make one type of plastic for its entire life, our plants can make any type of plastic we feed them. And we make a drop-in replacement for that plastic that's made from petrochemicals. Our customers get to enjoy

Mike Biddle: We can...

 compared to making something the traditional way and instead of plopping down several hundred million dollars to build a chemical plant that will only make one type of plastic for its entire life our plants can make any type of plastic we feed them and we make a drop-in replacement for that plastic that's made from petrochemicals our

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 and play with the kids until class starts." So I went over there and plopped down like I owned the place, and I'm playing, and all of a sudden, the boy next to me, he was wearing a white shirt with blue shorts. I remember it like it was yesterday. Suddenly he stopped playing and he said,

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 helps regulate nitrogen a vital nutrient for plant growth and what are the main signs if you think you've got water voles living near you what what signs can people look out for you might hear everybody say as you walk past the water you might hear the plop as they jump in the water

Saving Water Voles From...

 to try and mask the truth and send me hurling into the evening with a plop of disorganized tresses. This will not do. Perhaps my hair looks like an amazing glossy sculpture that frames my face perfectly, and lends an air of magic to the night. Well, "good" just doesn't cut it.

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 between the brush of a scrambling cricket and the plop of a raindrop with each leaf trap having a limited number of uses before it withers and dies being able to tell the difference between a rainstorm and a tasty meal is a vital energy saving system for the plant

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 Now the really interesting thing about these reactors is they're built in a factory. So they're modular reactors that are built essentially on an assembly line, and they're trucked anywhere in the world, you plop them down, and they produce electricity.

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 nest all over the place and they can fall out and they very often make the nests over water which does also assist in protecting against predators but when their wind really blows and one of them falls out they got a plop into the water

Introducing a New Baby...

 from you know this American lifestyle and it was plopped down in this you know rainforest hut you know and it was a huge adjustment I ended up loving it and so it was that experience which really

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 biosphere two a completely engineered self-contained entity something that in principle could be plopped down on another planet has no tolerance zero for