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Noun: plunk  plúngk
  1. A hollow twanging sound
     
  2. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
    - plunker
Adverb: plunk  plúngk
  1. With a short hollow thud
    "plunk came the ball down to the corner of the green";
    - plop
Verb: plunk  plúngk
  1. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
    - clop, clump, clunk
     
  2. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
    "He plunked the money on the table";
    - plank [informal], flump [informal], plonk [informal], plop, plump down, plunk down, plump, slap
     
  3. Drop steeply
    "the stock market plunked";
    - dive, plunge
     
  4. Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
    "he plunked the strings of his mandolin";
    - pluck, pick

Derived forms: plunked, plunking, plunks

Type of: come down, descend, draw, fall, go, go down, hit, hitting, place down, pull, put down, set down, sink, sound, striking

Encyclopedia: Plunk, Eric