plunk
to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
to throw, push, put, drop, etc., heavily or suddenly; plump (often followed by down): Plunk down your money. She plunked herself down on the seat.
to push, shove, toss, etc. (sometimes followed by in, over, etc.): to plunk the ball over the net; to plunk a pencil into a drawer.
to give forth a twanging sound.
to drop heavily or suddenly; plump (often followed by down): to plunk down somewhere and take a nap.
act or sound of plunking.
Informal. a direct, forcible blow.
Slang. a dollar.
Informal. with a plunking sound.
Informal. squarely; exactly: The tennis ball landed plunk in the middle of the net.
Origin of plunk
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How to use plunk in a sentence
Sawyer insisted that she be given a private room and plunked down $500 to secure it.
Bezos just plunked down $250 million to buy The Washington Post.
Amazon Stock May Be Up, but the Company Still Doesn’t Make Any Money | Daniel Gross | October 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter Lendegger walked the award over to her and it was plunked down on the table, the crowd of about 175 stood up and clapped.
Harper Lee Makes a Surprise Appearance at an Alabama Literary Luncheon | Mary McDonagh Murphy | May 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe celeb snapper who took Wiliam and Kate's engagement photos plunked down a cool £200 this morning.
Whitman, the billionaire business executive, plunked more than $160 million of her own reserves into her gubernatorial campaign.
Now Eliza plunked the soup-pot down upon the range and wheeled to face John.
Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp | Lillian Elizabeth RoyAnother "plunked" Sir Toady in a locality which he held yet more tender, especially, as now, before dinner.
Red Cap Tales | Samuel Rutherford CrockettThe lead balls of their own black-powder rifles would have plunked into the water-logged wood without visible effect.
The Return | H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuireI walked in and saw the letter was still there and plunked it into my desk.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHe plunked like a jolly elephant into the largest and most comfortable chair in the room and wheezed for breath.
The Haunted Pajamas | Francis Perry Elliott
British Dictionary definitions for plunk
/ (plʌŋk) /
to pluck (the strings) of (a banjo, harp, etc) or (of such an instrument) to give forth a sound when plucked
(often foll by down) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly
the act or sound of plunking
informal a hard blow
an exclamation imitative of the sound of something plunking
informal exactly; squarely: plunk into his lap
Origin of plunk
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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