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Plunk

//plʌŋk// adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adverb

1
With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface. informal, not-comparable
2
Directly, exactly, precisely. broadly, informal, not-comparable
""Bang!" went a gun behind me. I heard the whistle of shot. Something stung me sharply on the cheek, and I fell forward on my face, giving myself up for lost. […] "Oh, ye will never dee o' a chairge o' guid saft garden peas!" said the daft lassie, scornfully. "Maybe no," retorted I, for my choler was raised. "They are a' vera weel in broth, but if you got them plunk on the jaw, wi' a strong chairge o' powder ahint them, they might bring the water to your e'en as well as mine.""

Adverb

1
with a short hollow thud wordnet

Intj

1
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. informal
"Look at me; is my eye dilated? do you notice a quiver anywhere? Feel my pulse: plunk—plunk—plunk—same as if I were asleep."

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
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.
"They listened and could hear the steady plunk, plunk of an axe somewhere far above them."
2
(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly wordnet
3
A (heavy) blow or hit. informal
4
a hollow twanging sound wordnet
5
A dollar. US, archaic, obsolete, slang
"Den I gives him a five-plunk piece, and he gins me the shange."

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6
A large sum of money. obsolete, rare, slang

Verb

1
To move (something) with a sudden push. informal, transitive
"The moving galley's bow was plunking them [oars] back through their own oar-holes, and I could hear no end of a shindy in the decks below."
2
To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant. Scotland, informal, transitive
3
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion wordnet
4
Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank. figuratively, informal, transitive
"Just let them tell him a thing is pretty and fashionable, and Matthew plunks his money down for it."
5
To play truant. Scotland, informal, intransitive
"Unless we repented and humbly begged for mercy … I might as well tell lies, break crockery, kick the cat, plunk from school, and enjoy my transgressions."

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6
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise wordnet
7
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. informal, transitive
"Your bass teacher loathed you for loathing the instrument. Every lesson was the same: You would plunk out a few notes, and he would stop you. "Did you practice?" / "Some," you would say. / "You have to practice." / "I know." / Practicing was the most boring thing you had ever done. Plunk plunk plunk (rest). Plunk plunk plunk (rest). That was pretty much how the double bass part went in every piece of music your teacher assigned you. He was right, you never practiced."
8
drop steeply wordnet
9
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. also, informal, reflexive, transitive
"Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar."
10
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground wordnet
11
To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm. US, informal, transitive
"Say, I jes' jumped d' bar, an' d' way I plunked [hit] dat bloke was outa sight. See? Dat's right! In d' jaw!"
12
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). US, informal, transitive
"The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning."
13
To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud. informal, intransitive
14
Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump. figuratively, informal, intransitive
15
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. informal, intransitive
"[D]eafening was what H. V. W. would call the din from the rock stars' dressing rooms where electric guitars whined, drums rattled, sitars plunked; and marijuana made the air a tender blue."
16
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. informal, intransitive
17
Of a raven: to croak. informal, intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1 sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. As regards verb etymology 1 sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1 sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”).

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Etymology 5

Origin uncertain; possibly the same as plunk (etymology 1), or related to Dutch plenken (“(archaic) to wander around; (Limburg, archaic) to play truant”).

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