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Meaning of plunk

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  plunk
      adv 1: with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the
             corner of the green" [syn: {plop}, {plunk}]
      n 1: a hollow twanging sound
      2: (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly [syn:
         {plunk}, {plunker}]
      v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves
           striking the ground [syn: {clop}, {clump}, {clunk},
           {plunk}]
      2: 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" [syn: {plank}, {flump}, {plonk}, {plop}, {plunk},
         {plump down}, {plunk down}, {plump}]
      3: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: {dive},
         {plunge}, {plunk}]
      4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
         the strings of his mandolin" [syn: {pluck}, {plunk}, {pick}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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