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plunk

[pluhngk]

–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.

v. intr.

To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.
To emit a hollow twanging sound.

adv. Informal

[Imitative.]
plunk'er n., plunk'y adj.

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