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plunk

  [pluhngk]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
2. to throw, push, put, drop, etc., heavily or suddenly; plump (often fol. by down): Plunk down your money. She plunked herself down on the seat.
3. to push, shove, toss, etc. (sometimes fol. by in, over, etc.): to plunk the ball over the net; to plunk a pencil into a drawer.
–verb (used without object)
4. to give forth a twanging sound.
5. to drop heavily or suddenly; plump (often fol. by down): to plunk down somewhere and take a nap.
–noun
6. act or sound of plunking.
7. Informal. a direct, forcible blow.
8. Slang. a dollar.
–adverb
9. Informal. with a plunking sound.
10. Informal. squarely; exactly: The tennis ball landed plunk in the middle of the net.
Origin:
1760–70; expressive word akin to pluck
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plunk   (plŭngk)   
v.   plunked also plonked, plunk·ing also plonk·ing, plunks also 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.

[Imitative.]
plunk'er n., plunk'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Plunk

Plunk\, v. t. [Imitative.] [Chiefly Colloq.]

1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.

2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.

3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.]

Plunk

Plunk\, v. i. [Chiefly Colloq.]

1. To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of a raven, to croak.

2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.

3. To play truant, or "hooky". [Scot.]

Plunk

Plunk\, n. 1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.]

2. [Slang] (a) A large sum of money. [Obs.] (b) A dollar. [U. S.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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plunk 
1805, "to pluck a stringed instrument;" 1808 in sense of "drop down abruptly." Probably of imitative origin in both cases.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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