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Plunk

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Noun

1. plunk

a hollow twanging sound

2. plunk, plunker

(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

Verb

3. clop, clump, clunk, plunk

make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

4. flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

Example Sentences:
'He planked the money on the table'
'He planked himself into the sofa'

5. dive, plunge, plunk

drop steeply

Example Sentences:
'the stock market plunged'

6. pick, pluck, plunk

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

Example Sentences:
'he plucked the strings of his mandolin'

Adverb

7. plop, plunk

with a short hollow thud

Example Sentences:
'plop came the ball down to the corner of the green'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plunk

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verb
1. 
to pluck (the strings) of (a banjo, harp, etc) or (of such an instrument) to give forth a sound when plucked
2. (often foll by down)
to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly
noun
3. 
the act or sound of plunking
4. informal
a hard blow
exclamation
5. 
an exclamation imitative of the sound of something plunking
adverb
6. informal
exactly; squarely
plunk into his lap

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Plunk

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verb transitive
1. 
to pluck or strum (a banjo, guitar, etc.)
2. 
to throw or put down heavily; plump
verb intransitive
3. 
to pluck or strum (on)
4. 
to give out a twanging sound, as a banjo
5. 
to fall or sink heavily
noun
6. 
the act of plunking or the sound made by this
7.  Informal
a hard blow
adverb
8. 
with a twang or thud

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Plunk

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v. plunked, plunk·ing, plunks also plonked or plonk·ing or plonks
v.tr.
1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.
2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).
v.intr.
1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.
2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.
n.
1. Informal A heavy blow or stroke.
2. A short hollow twanging sound.
adv.
Informal
1. With a short hollow thud.
2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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