noun
- A hollow twanging sound.
- Baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly.
- synonyms: plunker
verb
- Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
- Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.
- usage: "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
- synonyms: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk down, plump
- Drop steeply.
- usage: "the stock market plunged"
- Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.
- usage: "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
adverb
- With a short hollow thud.
- usage: "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"
- synonyms: plop
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