plunk
noun
1. a hollow twanging sound
Definition categories: event, sound
2. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Similar word(s): plunker
verb
1. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
Similar word(s): clop, clump, clunk
Definition categories: perception, go, sound
2. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Similar word(s): flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump
Definition categories: contact
3. drop steeply
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
4. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Definition categories: contact, draw, pull
Sentences with plunk as a verb:
- Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar.
- The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.