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plunk

/ plunk /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Type of:
hit hitting striking
Domain:
baseball baseball game ball
noun Sense 2
a hollow twanging sound
Type of:
sound
Derived:
clop clump clunk
verb Sense 3
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
Type of:
pull draw force
Kinds of:
twang
Derived:
pick plectrum plectron pluck
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s something with something
adverb Sense 4
with a short hollow thud
"plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"
Domain:
colloquialism
verb Sense 5
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"
Type of:
descend fall go down
Kinds of:
power-dive nosedive duck crash-dive parachute
Derived:
plunge
Verb group:
plunge dump
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
make or move along with a sound as of a horse''s hooves striking the ground
Type of:
sound go
Derived:
thump thumping clump clunk thud
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
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"
Type of:
set down put down place down
Derived:
plonk
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
37
Times Searched
3
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hit hitting striking sound pull draw force twang descend fall go down power-dive