plunk(v = verb.contact) flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk down - set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"

is one way to place down, put down, set down

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

plunk(v = verb.motion) dive, plunge - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down

Sample sentence:
The stock market is going to plunk

plunk(v = verb.contact) pick, pluck - pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

is one way to draw, force, pull

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Adverbial plunk has 1 sense

plunk(r = adv.all) plop - with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

plunk, v. t. [Imitative.].

To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To be a truant from (school). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

plunk, v. i.

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.]
To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To play truant, or “hooky”. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

plunk, n.

Act or sound of plunking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
A large sum of money. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

plunk, n. & v.
--n.
1 the sound made by the sharply plucked string of a stringed instrument.
2 US a heavy blow.
3 US = PLONK(1) n.
--v.
1 intr. & tr. sound or cause to sound with a plunk.
2 tr. US hit abruptly.
3 tr. US = PLONK(1) v.

Etymology

imit.

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THESAURUS

plunk

abruptly, bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, bump, cast, chink, chop, chuck, clap, click, clink, clip, clobber, clop, clout, clump, clunk, coldcock, crack, crump, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, dint, dive, drop, drub, drubbing, drumming, dull thud, exactly, fall, fetch, fetch a blow, flick, fling, flump, flush, full, fusillade, hastily, hit, hit a clip, hurl, impetuously, impulsively, jab, kerplunk, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, nose-dive, of a sudden, on short notice, pad, parachute, paste, pat, patter, pelt, pick, pitapat, pitch, pitter-patter, plank, plop, pluck, plumb, plummet, plump, plunge, point-blank, poke, pop, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely, punch, rap, right, sharp, skin-dive, sky-dive, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smack-dab, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, sound, spang, square, squarely, startlingly, stoop, straight, strike, strike at, stroke, strum, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, swat, sweep the strings, swing, swipe, swoop, swoop down, take a header, tap, tattoo, throw, thrum, thrust, thud, thump, thwack, tick, tinkle, toss, tunk, twang, unawares, unexpectedly, wallop, whack, wham, whop, without notice, without warning, yerk

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