What is the meaning of plunk?

noun

  • A hollow twanging sound.
  • Baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly.

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"
  • 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"
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