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verb

To drop or sink heavily and noisily: flop, plop, plump². See rise/fall.

verb trans.
verb trans., orig US

1: To hit, shoot; to wound. (1888 —) .
D. & H. Teilhet I wish you'd killed Jeff instead of plunking him in the leg (1937). noun

2: dated US A dollar. (1885 — 1940).
P. G. Wodehouse Dere's a loidy here...dat's got a necklace of jools what's worth a hundred t'ousand plunks (1929).

[Plunk, to pluck (a string), to propel suddenly, etc.]

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• Fishing Equipment and Tackle - plunker: casting lure that makes plunking sound as it hits water

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See words rhyming with "plunk."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kaste, lade falde, smække
v. intr. - falde , dumpe
n. - bump, dumpt slag
adv. - plump, bum

idioms:

• plunk down    lægge på bordet

Nederlands (Dutch)
tokkelen, klinkend geluid maken, neerploffen, prefereren

Français (French)
v. tr. - planter, pincer les cordes de
v. intr. - émettre un bruit sourd, s'affaler
n. - bruit sourd, toc (fam)
adv. - avec un bruit sourd, exactement, précisément

idioms:

• plunk down    poser, s'installer sur, s'installer devant, (US) allonger (fam), payer

Deutsch (German)
n. - heftiger Schlag
v. - (Saite) zupfen, hinknallen, hinwerfen, sich hinhauen
adv. - mit lautem Knall

idioms:

• plunk down    hinknallen, hinwerfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ήχος χορδής
v. - βροντώ ή σκάω κάτω, (ΗΠΑ) κτυπώ ξαφνικά

idioms:

• plunk down    (ΗΠΑ) πληρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
gettare, pizzicare, colpo, pizzicato

idioms:

• plunk down    pagare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pancada (f), baque (m), som estridente (m)
v. - bater, baquear, emitir som estridente, arremessar

idioms:

• plunk down    cair subitamente

Русский (Russian)
бренчать, швырнуть

idioms:

• plunk down    расплатиться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dejar caer pesadamente, rasguear, puntear
v. intr. - sonar con ruido de golpe seco, caer con golpe seco, caer pesadamente, sonar (la cuerda punteada)
n. - ruido sordo, rasgueo, punteo, golpe seco
adv. - pesadamente

idioms:

• plunk down    dejar caer pesadamente, desplomarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klink, smocka, dollar (sl.)
v. - spela/klinka på, smocka till, knäppa, skjuta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拨的弦, 用力丢下, 砰砰作响, 支持, 使劲投掷, 扑通落下, 扑通声, 发出如拨琴弦声地

idioms:

• plunk down    突然落下, 付给

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 撥的弦, 用力丟下
v. intr. - 砰砰作響, 支援
n. - 使勁投擲, 撲通落下, 撲通聲
adv. - 發出如撥琴弦聲地

idioms:

• plunk down    突然落下, 付給

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (현악기 줄 등을) 퉁기다, 불시에 때리다
v. intr. - 퉁 울리다, 쿵 하고 떨어지다
n. - 땡 하고 울림, 쿵 하고 던짐
adv. - 털썩 하고, 정확히

idioms:

• plunk down    쿵 하고 놓다[떨어지다], (돈을) 지불하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ポロンと鳴らす, ドスンと落とす, ドスンと落ちる, はじく
n. - ポロンと鳴る音, ドスンと落ちる音, 1ドル
adv. - ポロンと, ドスンと

idioms:

• plunk down    支払う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضربه, نقر, رنين, تماما, بصوت رنان (فعل) يضرب, ينقر, يغوص, يغطس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חבט, ירה (ב-), הטיל‬
v. intr. - ‮נשמע כחבטה‬
n. - ‮חבטה, צליל פריטה או חבטה‬
adv. - ‮פתאום‬

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