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plunk

 
Adverbial plunk has 1 sense
  1. plop, plunk - with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"
Noun plunk has 2 senses
  1. plunk - a hollow twanging sound
    --1 is a kind of
    sound
    Derived form: verb plunk1
  2. plunk, plunker - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
    --2 is a kind of hit, hitting, striking
Verb plunk has 4 senses
  1. clop, clump, clunk, plunk - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
    --1 is one way to sound, go
    Derived form: noun plunk1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump - set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
    --2 is one way to set down, put down, place down
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
    --3 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
    Sample sentence:
    The stock market is going to plunk
  4. pluck, plunk, pick - pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
    --4 is one way to pull, draw, force
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s PP
plung plunge plunged plunger plunger valve plunges plungged in plunging plunk plunk down plunk for plunked plunker plunking pluperfect plural plural equipment

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