TidyData WordsBrowse A–Z

plunk

/plˈʌŋk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
  2. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
    “He planked the money on the table”
  3. drop steeply
    “the stock market plunged”
  4. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
    “he plucked the strings of his mandolin”

adverb

  1. with a short hollow thud
    “plop came the ball down to the corner of the green”

noun

  1. a hollow twanging sound
  2. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

Synonyms for plunk

Words that rhyme with plunk

Developers: get definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes and pronunciation for 147,000 words as JSON with the English Dictionary API (free trial).