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plunk

US/plʌŋk/ uncommon archaic informal obsolete rare slang us
verb (4) noun (2) adverb (1)

verb

1.

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

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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”
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3.

drop steeply

  • “the stock market plunged”
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4.

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

  • “he plucked the strings of his mandolin”
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noun

1.

a hollow twanging sound

2.

(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

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adverb

1.

with a short hollow thud

  • “plop came the ball down to the corner of the green”
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Origin

Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb 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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