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plunk

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Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A (heavy) blow or hit.
  3. A dollar.
  4. A large sum of money.

Adverb

  1. With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.
  2. Directly, exactly, precisely.

Interjection

  1. 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

  1. To move (something) with a sudden push.
  2. Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
  6. 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).
  7. To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
  8. Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Of a raven: to croak.
  12. To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
  13. To play truant.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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