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1 plump
Adj.1. (unförmig) ungainly; (unbeholfen) clumsy, awkward; eine plumpe Form a clumsy ( oder an ungainly) shape; plumpe Bewegungen clumsy ( oder awkward) movements2. fig. auch heavy-handed; (unfein) crude; (taktlos) (very) direct, blunt; Lüge, Betrug etc.: blatant, gross; das war eine plumpe Ausrede that was obviously just an excuse; plumpe Anspielung blatantly obvious reference; plumper Annäherungsversuch blatantly obvious advances Pl.; eine plumpe Falle a crude trap; seine Bemerkungen sind mitunter sehr plump he’s very tactless at times; plumpvertraulich* * *ungraceful; gross; stumpy; dumpy; clumsy; bearish; ungainly* * *plụmp [plʊmp]1. adjFigur, Hände, Form ungainly no adv; Bewegung, Gang auch awkward; Ausdruck clumsy; Bemerkung, Benehmen crass; Mittel, Schmeichelei, Lüge, Betrug, Trick obvious, crude; Film, Roman crude2. advsich bewegen, tanzen awkwardly; sagen, sich ausdrücken clumsilyplump lügen — to tell a blatant lie
jdn plump hereinlegen — to play a blatantly obvious trick on sb
der Film ist sehr plump gemacht — the film is very crudely made
* * *1) (short and thick or fat: a dumpy little woman.) dumpy2) (awkward, clumsy or ungraceful: She is rather large and ungainly.) ungainly* * *[plʊmp]I. adj1. (massig) plump2. (schwerfällig) ungainly, awkward3. (dummdreist) obvious, crassein \plumper Annäherungsversuch a very obvious advanceeine \plumpe Lüge a crass [or blatant] lieII. adv1. (schwerfällig) clumsily, awkwardly2. (dummdreist) crassly, obviously* * *1.1) (dick) plump; podgy; massive <stone, lump>; (unförmig) ungainly, clumsy < shape>; (rundlich) bulbous2) (schwerfällig) awkward, clumsy <movements, style>3) (abwertend): (dreist) crude, blatant <lie, deception, trick>; (leicht durchschaubar) blatantly obvious; (unbeholfen) clumsy <excuse, advances>; crude <joke, forgery>2.1) (schwerfällig) clumsily; awkwardly2) (abwertend): (dreist) in a blatantly obvious manner* * *plump adjeine plumpe Form a clumsy ( oder an ungainly) shape;plumpe Bewegungen clumsy ( oder awkward) movements2. fig auch heavy-handed; (unfein) crude; (taktlos) (very) direct, blunt; Lüge, Betrug etc: blatant, gross;das war eine plumpe Ausrede that was obviously just an excuse;plumpe Anspielung blatantly obvious reference;plumper Annäherungsversuch blatantly obvious advances pl;eine plumpe Falle a crude trap;* * *1.1) (dick) plump; podgy; massive <stone, lump>; (unförmig) ungainly, clumsy < shape>; (rundlich) bulbous2) (schwerfällig) awkward, clumsy <movements, style>3) (abwertend): (dreist) crude, blatant <lie, deception, trick>; (leicht durchschaubar) blatantly obvious; (unbeholfen) clumsy <excuse, advances>; crude <joke, forgery>2.1) (schwerfällig) clumsily; awkwardly2) (abwertend): (dreist) in a blatantly obvious manner* * *adj.bearish adj.chubby adj.clownish adj.clumsy adj.dumpy adj.stumpy adj.ungraceful adj. adv.bearishly adv.clownishly adv.clumsily adv.dumpily adv.ungracefully adv.
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