plunk

Plural: plunks

Noun

• a hollow twanging sound
• (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
• A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
• A (heavy) blow or hit.
• A dollar.
• A large sum of money.

Verb

Verb Forms: plunked, plunking, plunks

• To fall or drop heavily; to strum a stringed instrument.
• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
• set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
• drop steeply
• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
• To move (something) with a sudden push.
• Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
• To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument.
• Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
• To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
• To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
• To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).
• To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
• Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
• To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument.
• Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with a dull sound; to plump down.
• Of a raven: to croak.
• To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
• To play truant.

Adverb

• with a short hollow thud

Adv

• With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.
• Directly, exactly, precisely.

Intj

• Often reduplicated: used to represent a brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.

Examples

• Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar.
• Exhausted, she plunked herself on the sofa.
• He would often PLUNK down a small, strategic word to set up a bigger play.
• The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.

Synonyms

clop, clump, clunk, dive, flump, pick, plank, plonk, plop, pluck, plump, plump down, plunge, plunk down, plunker, accurately, correctly, dead-nuts, definitely, directly, even, exact, exactly, fully, incisively, jump, just, on target, on the button, on the dot, on the mark, on the money, on the nose, perfectly, plump#Adverb, plunk, precisely, punctually, right, sharp, slap, slap bang, squarely, thud, twang

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