If my life were a Saturday-morning cartoon, you would have heard a loud kerplunk as my stomach dropped. My poor starving stomach. It was under such stress already, and now this.
Source: wiktionary
Kerplunk
//kəˈplʌŋk//
Synonyms for "kerplunk" (16 found)
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Translations
8 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- tumps intj (used to indicate a thudding sound)
- tumpsis intj (used to indicate a thudding sound)
- shokkipettymys noun ((slang) disappointment which comes as a surprise)
French
1 entries- patatras intj (used to indicate a thudding sound)
German
2 entries- bum intj (used to indicate a thudding sound)
- krach intj (used to indicate a thudding sound)
Macedonian
1 entries- разочару́вање noun ((slang) disappointment which comes as a surprise)
Walloon
1 entries- bardaf intj (used to indicate a thudding sound)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
We flipped to see who'd go first and I won, which meant Claudia had to dial. I called the number out loud for her, and inside me my heart was suddenly going "kerplunk, kerplunk, kerplunk," heavy as an elephant's feet.
Source: wiktionary
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