0 past simple and past participle of plump --
1 to shake and push something to make it round and soft: --
My aunt was busy straightening furniture and plumping cushions.
He plumped for the theory that it is all a question of the food supply.
I would have plumped for a higher one.
I have not arbitrarily plumped for 14 days.
As one of the responsible unions, we plumped for negotiating machinery.
In subsequent correspondence, as he will recall, he plumped for a figure of 50,000.
It published a leading article on this subject, in 1951, in which it plumped wholeheartedly for the total abolition of resale price maintenance.
At least he has plumped for a policy.
I am not sure why they plumped for that figure.
