What is "plunk" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does plunk mean in English? Meaning of plunk definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "plunk" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "plunk": a hollow twanging sound

Noun

  • Meaning: a hollow twanging sound
  • Synonyms: plunk
  • Hypernyms: sound
  • Meaning of "plunk": make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

    Verb

  • Meaning: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
  • Synonyms: clop clump clunk plunk
  • Hypernyms: go sound
  • Meaning of "plunk": with a short hollow thud

    Adverb

  • Meaning: with a short hollow thud
  • Example: plop came the ball down to the corner of the green
  • Synonyms: plop plunk
  • Meaning of "plunk": (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

    Noun

  • Meaning: (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
  • Synonyms: plunk plunker
  • Hypernyms: hit hitting striking
  • Meaning of "plunk": set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

    Verb

  • Meaning: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
  • Example: He planked the money on the table He planked himself into the sofa
  • Synonyms: flump plank plonk plop plump plump down plunk plunk down
  • Hypernyms: place down put down set down
  • Meaning of "plunk": drop steeply

    Verb

  • Meaning: drop steeply
  • Example: the stock market plunged
  • Synonyms: dive plunge plunk
  • Hyponyms: chute crash-dive duck jump nosedive parachute power-dive
  • Hypernyms: come down descend fall go down
  • Meaning of "plunk": pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

    Verb

  • Meaning: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
  • Example: he plucked the strings of his mandolin
  • Synonyms: pick pluck plunk
  • Hyponyms: twang
  • Hypernyms: draw force pull
  • Synonyms:

    plop, unload, drop, dump, plump, plonk,

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