v., plunked also plonked, plunk·ing plonk·ing, plunks plonks.

v.tr.

1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.
2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

v.intr.

1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.
2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.

n.

1. Informal. A heavy blow or stroke.
2. A short hollow twanging sound.

adv. Informal.

1. With a short hollow thud.
2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.

[Imitative.]

plunker plunk'er n.
plunky plunk'y adj.

verb

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

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a hollow twanging sound

Meaning #2: the act of hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
  Synonym: plunker

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The verb plunk has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
  Synonyms: clop, clump, clunk

Meaning #2: set (something or oneself) down
  Synonyms: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk down, plump

Meaning #3: drop steeply
  Synonyms: dive, plunge

Meaning #4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings
  Synonyms: pluck, pick

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The adverb plunk has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) with a short hollow thud
  Synonym: plop

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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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