Plunk

Word PLUNK
Character 5
Hyphenation plunk
Pronunciations /plʌŋk/

Definitions and meanings of "Plunk"

What do we mean by plunk?

To throw or place heavily or abruptly. intransitive verb

To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument). intransitive verb

To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump. intransitive verb

To emit a hollow twanging sound. intransitive verb

A heavy blow or stroke. noun

A short hollow twanging sound. noun

With a short hollow thud. adverb

Exactly; precisely. adverb

To strike suddenly, with a dull sound; knock; bang: as, they plunked him with stones.

To knock (away); knock (from).

To shoot; fill full of ‘lead’ (missiles).

To pluck (a stringed instrument) so as to produce a low or deep sound; in general, twang.

To make or emit an abrupt and usually heavy sound: especially used of the rough sounding of a stringed instrument, and sometimes strung out with arbitrary variations (as in the quotation).

To croak or cry as a raven.

To plunge or drop down abruptly.

Suddenly; plump: as, he came plunk against the half-open door.

A hard, dull blow: as, to hit one a plunk. noun

A twang; a twanging sound: as, the plunk-plunk of the banjo. noun

A dollar. noun

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

The dull thud of something landing on a surface.

A large sum of money.

A dollar.

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The word "plunk" in example sentences

And cash it was made, thirty plunks (a plunk is a dollar, my dear Anak), and ❋ Unknown (2010)

And cash it was made, thirty PLUNKS (a plunk is a dollar, my dear Anak), and ❋ Unknown (1906)

And cash it was made, thirty PLUNKS (a plunk is a dollar, my dear Anak), and I pulled my freight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The four-legged power droid is called a plunk droid, and sure enough, that's what it says as it shuffles about.

Every desk has a stapler and everyone has had that oddly hollow feeling when they push down on it and get that hollow "plunk" of an empty chamber. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You are seeing some time laps of tinker-toy-type construction that goes on up there, as they use the robot arms to just kind of plunk it right on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The fiord, by my recollection, is never more than a mile or a mile and a half wide at the utmost, and we came "plunk" up against the head of this fiord with a 3650-foot cliff, which we scaled, and tried to make our charts or cross observations from the top. ❋ Unknown (1921)

They heard the dull "plunk" of his sinker as he flung it into a deep, still pool. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)

For a time no sound was heard save the dull "plunk" of sinkers as the lines, one by one, were flung into the water. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)

After dinner they would sit together on the veranda, watching the moon rise over the rim of that wonderful valley, listening to the tree-toads in noisy convention or hearkening to the "plunk" of a trout leaping in the river below. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Frank sent in a rise and the batter struck at it, missed it, and was declared out, the ball having landed with a "plunk" in the hands of the catcher. ❋ Burt L. Standish (1905)

Then, he would surprise them by doing absolutely nothing till election time, then "plunk" it all on them through the opposition paper, and stand back, and take his dismissal! ❋ Unknown (1903)

As we were driving down the freeway there was a sudden "plunk" as a large insect hit the windshield. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course Spitzer should run and run fast towards the end of the pier and then 'plunk' into the East River. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Part of the fun is that you aren't looking for bullseyes, but go by sound - if the bullet hits the plate, you get a definite "plunk", so know that you hit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"plunk," the horse braces itself desperately and the bear tumbles over. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

"plunk" when the sinker hits the water, the company said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The party was both earnest (a giant screen in the main hall projected images of the flood's destruction) and festive, with more than 500 people (mostly Americans) determined to eat, drink and plunk down lots of money for relief . . . and raffle prizes. ❋ Post (2011)

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