plunk

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. (informal) A (heavy) blow or hit.
3. (US, archaic, obsolete, slang) A dollar.
4. (obsolete, rare, slang) A large sum of money.

Adv

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

Intj

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.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To move (something) with a sudden push.
2. (figuratively, informal, transitive) Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
3. (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.
4. (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.
5. (US, informal, transitive) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
6. (US, informal, transitive) To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
7. (informal, intransitive) To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
8. (figuratively, informal, intransitive) Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
9. (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.
10. (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.
11. (informal, intransitive, obsolete) Of a raven: to croak.

Verb

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

Synonyms

plop

plump

flump

plunge

clunk

twang

pluck

pick

⛏️

clop

plonk

dash

💨

dive

clump

plump down

plunker

plunk down

plank

drop down

forge

haul

hurl

knock

lance

lunge

nosedive

pay out

plummet

pommel

precipitate

pull

pummel

regurgitate

rush

shy

slam

slog

smash

smite

stoop

strike out

swig

swipe

swoop

whack

wham

whomp

whop

wrest

zoom

shower down

Translations

ضرب

submergir-se

capbussar-se

enfonsar-se

cabussar-se

abstempeln

peitschen

schlagen

abstempeln, schlagen, hauen, klopfen

τραβώ

χτυπώ

ρίπτω ταχέως

σπρώχνω ταχέως

battre

إنقر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plʌŋk/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface.
As regards verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”).