Definition of Plump for

1. Verb. Be behind; approve of. "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

Exact synonyms: Back, Endorse, Indorse, Plunk For, Support
Generic synonyms: Approve, O.k., Okay, Sanction
Specialized synonyms: Guarantee, Warrant, Champion, Defend
Related verbs: Back, Endorse, Indorse, Second
Derivative terms: Backing, Endorsement, Endorsement, Endorser, Indorsement, Indorsement, Support, Supporter, Supportive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plump For

plummetting
plummier
plummiest
plummily
plumminess
plumming
plummy
plumose
plumosely
plumosite
plumosities
plumosity
plumous
plump
plump down
plump for (current term)
plump in
plump out
plump up
plumped
plumpen
plumpened
plumpening
plumpens
plumper
plumpers
plumpest
plumpie
plumpier
plumpiest

Literary usage of Plump for

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"MASON (who, by the by, is grown too plump for a poet and patriot, on whom the Constitutional as well as the whole Castalian State depends) has been here and ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... after kindly informing Mr, Punch that he had no less than sixteen votes at his disposal, finished with the remarkable request, " Kindly PLUMP for your ..."

3. Island Song Lyrics Volume 7 by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"Too plump for Me (05/29/2004) (song#3024) Over a canoe can she jump, oh no, no, no In a muumuu is she a lump, oh yeh, yeh, yeh She's a kumu hula with a bump ..."

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