Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plunk

2 senses of plunk

Sense 1
plunk -- (a hollow twanging sound)
       => sound -- (the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them")

Sense 2
plunk, plunker -- ((baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly)
       => hit, hitting, striking -- (the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb plunk

4 senses of plunk

Sense 1
clop, clump, clunk, plunk -- (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 2
plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump -- (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")
       => set down, put down, place down -- (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here")

Sense 3
dive, plunge, plunk -- (drop steeply; "the stock market plunged")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")

Sense 4
pluck, plunk, pick -- (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin")
       => pull, draw, force -- (cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled")

Synonyms of adv plunk

1 sense of plunk

Sense 1
plop, plunk -- (with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green")