Synonyms for plunk

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pluhngk

Phonetic Transcription : plʌŋk

Définition of plunk

Origin : 1805, "to pluck a stringed instrument;" 1808 in sense of "drop down abruptly;" 1888 as "to hit, wound, shoot." Probably of imitative origin in all cases. Related: Plunked; plunking.

verb throw down

Example sentences :

His counsel was quickly taken, and then there was a plunk as he sprang into the creek.
Extract from : « The Riflemen of the Ohio » by Joseph A. Altsheler

A blue-eyed feller with a mustache, but he gave me a plunk not to tell.
Extract from : « On the Lightship » by Herman Knickerbocker Viel

“Let them,” said Pearl, sending the anchor with a plunk into the sea.
Extract from : « Witches Cove » by Roy J. Snell

He could hear the soft plunk, plunk of her rubber heels on the marble steps.
Extract from : « The City of Fire » by Grace Livingston Hill

And there's twenty thousand Boers plunk in the middle, ain't they?
Extract from : « War's Brighter Side » by Julian Ralph.

And no sooner had his bulk padded the stone beneath than Ted came, plunk!
Extract from : « Unexplored! » by Allen Chaffee

Stones always make that kind of plunk when they drop into the water from above.
Extract from : « Endurance Test » by Alan Douglas

If they are near water, as they usually are—they "plunk" into it.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Grain of Dust » by Hallam Hawksworth

Ive seen him plunk some critters an he plunked them in great style.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's New Comedian » by Burt L. Standish

He had hit Pete Connegan plunk on the head with a rotten tomato.
Extract from : « Tom Slade at Black Lake » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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