Associations to the word «Plunk»

Wiktionary

PLUNK, verb. (transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
PLUNK, verb. (intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
PLUNK, verb. (baseball) (transitive) To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch.
PLUNK, verb. (intransitive) (of a raven) To croak.
PLUNK, verb. (transitive) To pluck and quickly release (a musical string); to twang.
PLUNK, verb. (ambitransitive) (Scotland) To be a truant from (school).
PLUNK, noun. The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
PLUNK, noun. (slang) (obsolete) A large sum of money.
PLUNK, noun. (slang) (obsolete) (US) A dollar.

Dictionary definition

PLUNK, noun. A hollow twanging sound.
PLUNK, noun. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly.
PLUNK, verb. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
PLUNK, verb. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa".
PLUNK, verb. Drop steeply; "the stock market plunged".
PLUNK, verb. Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin".
PLUNK, adverb. With a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green".

Wise words

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