adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A repeated plunk or twanging sound, especially a rhythmic one produced by picking a banjo or other stringed instrument. figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually

Adjective

1. 1
   Of such a sound. figuratively, informal

Etymology

From plunk + -ety with reduplication.

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