| plunk | (n) a hollow twanging sound |
| plunk | (n) (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly, Syn. plunker |
| back | (v) be behind; approve of, Syn. endorse, support, indorse, plunk for, plump for, Example: He plumped for the Labor Party; I backed Kennedy in 1960 |
| clop | (v) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground, Syn. plunk, clump, clunk |
| dive | (v) drop steeply, Syn. plunk, plunge, Example: the stock market plunged |
| plank | (v) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise, Syn. plunk, plonk, plop, flump, plunk down, plump down, plump, Example: He planked the money on the table; He planked himself into the sofa |
| plop | (adv) with a short hollow thud, Syn. plunk, Example: plop came the ball down to the corner of the green |
| pluck | (v) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, Syn. plunk, pick, Example: he plucked the strings of his mandolin |
| Plunk | v. t. [ Imitative. ] [ Chiefly Colloq. ] 1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 3. To be a truant from (school). [ Scot. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Plunk | v. i. [ Chiefly Colloq. ] 1. To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of a raven, to croak. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 3. To play truant, or “hooky”. [ Scot. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Plunk | n. 1. Act or sound of plunking. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. [ Slang ] (a) A large sum of money. [ Obs. ] (b) A dollar. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Plunket | n. A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue. [ 1913 Webster ] |
