 plunk |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | |
| Synonyms: | clump clunk clop | |
| Related terms: | go | |
| 2. | [ verb ] set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | |
| Synonyms: | flump plonk plop plump_down plunk_down plump plank | |
| Examples: | "He planked the money on the table" "He planked himself into the sofa" |
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| Related terms: | set_down plonk | |
| 3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11650 | |
| 4. | [ verb ] drop steeply | |
| Synonyms: | plunge dive | |
| Examples: | "the stock market plunged" |
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| Related terms: | descend duck crash-dive sky_dive nosedive power-dive plunge | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a hollow twanging sound | |
| Related terms: | sound clop | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] (informal) with a short hollow thud | |
| Synonyms: | plop | |
| Examples: | "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism | |
| 7. | [ verb ] pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings | |
| Synonyms: | pick pluck | |
| Examples: | "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" |
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| Related terms: | pull twang pick | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (baseball,sport) the act of hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly | |
| Synonyms: | plunker | |
| Related terms: | hit baseball baseball | |
| Similar spelling: |
plunker plonk plank Plunkett Plonka Planck plankton planking plunge Planas plunger |
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