plunk
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
- A (heavy) blow or hit.
- A dollar.
- A large sum of money.
Adverb
- With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.
- Directly, exactly, precisely.
Interjection
- Often reduplicated: used to represent a brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
Verb
- To move (something) with a sudden push.
- Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
- To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument.
- Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
- To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
- To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm: To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).
- To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
- Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
- To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument.
- Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with a dull sound; to plump down.
- Of a raven: to croak.
- To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
- To play truant.
Proper noun
- A surname.
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