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Plunk Very Common

Plunk has 10 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adverb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a hollow twanging sound

2

(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

3

The dull thud of something landing on a surface.

Verb
1

make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

2

set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

"He planked the money on the table"

"He planked himself into the sofa"

3

drop steeply

"the stock market plunged"

4

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

5

To drop or throw something heavily onto or into something else, so that it makes a dull sound.

Adverb
1

with a short hollow thud

"plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

Example Sentences
"He planked the money on the table" verb
"He planked himself into the sofa" verb
"the stock market plunged" verb
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin" verb
"plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" adverb
See Also
plunks plump release plunking batter land truant croak
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sound hit set down descend pull
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
power-dive nosedive duck crash-dive chute twang
Rhyming Words
sunk bunk munk dunk lunk punk hunk junk funk tunk gunk frunk slunk drunk krunk flunk crunk stunk chunk thunk
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