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
- 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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