[ker-pluhngk] 
| with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk. |
| ker·plunk (kər-plŭnk') intr.v. ker·plunked, ker·plunk·ing, ker·plunks To fall with a sound like that of a heavy object falling rapidly into water. n. A kerplunking sound or movement. [ker-, intensive pref. (probably from Scots) + plunk.] ker·plunk' adv. |
