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.
(informal) A (heavy) blow or hit.
(US, archaic, obsolete, slang) A dollar.
(obsolete, rare, slang) A large sum of money.

(informal, not-comparable) With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.
(broadly, informal, not-comparable) Directly, exactly, precisely.

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.

(informal, transitive) To move (something) with a sudden push.
(figuratively, informal, transitive) Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
(informal, transitive) 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.
(also, informal, reflexive, transitive) 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.
(US, informal, transitive) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
(US, informal, transitive) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
(informal, intransitive) To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
(figuratively, informal, intransitive) Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
(informal, intransitive) 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.
(informal, intransitive) 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.
(informal, intransitive, obsolete) Of a raven: to croak.

(Scotland, informal, transitive) To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
(Scotland, informal, intransitive) To play truant.

plunk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plʌŋk/

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