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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Plunk \Plunk\, v. t. [Imitative.] [Chiefly Colloq.]
     1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as,
        to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Plunk \Plunk\, v. i. [Chiefly Colloq.]
     1. 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.]
  
     2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. To play truant, or ``hooky''. [Scot.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Plunk \Plunk\, n.
     1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. [Slang]
        (a) A large sum of money. [Obs.]
        (b) A dollar. [U. S.]
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Plunk \Plunk\, v. t. [Imitative.] [Chiefly Colloq.]
     1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.
  
     2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as,
        to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.
  
     3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Plunk \Plunk\, v. i. [Chiefly Colloq.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.
  
     3. To play truant, or ``hooky''. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Plunk \Plunk\, n.
     1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.]
  
     2. [Slang]
        (a) A large sum of money. [Obs.]
        (b) A dollar. [U. S.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  plunk
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (ετ ανεπίσημο en) (γρ plonk  en)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  plunk
     n.
     1 The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
     2 (lb en slang obsolete) A large sum of money.
     3 (lb en slang obsolete US) A dollar.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into
  something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
     3 (lb en transitive baseball) To intentionally hit the batter with a
  pitch.
     4 (lb en intransitive of a raven) To croak. <!--Webster 1913
  supplement-->
     5 (lb en transitive music) To pluck and quickly release (a musical
  string).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Plunk
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  plunk
     n.
     1 The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
     2 (lb en slang obsolete) A large sum of money.
     3 (lb en slang obsolete US) A dollar.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into
  something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
     3 (lb en transitive baseball) To intentionally hit the batter with a
  pitch.
     4 (lb en intransitive of a raven) To croak. <!--Webster 1913
  supplement-->
     5 (lb en transitive music) To pluck and quickly release (a musical
  string).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Plunk
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  plunk
     n.
     1 The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
     2 (lb en slang obsolete) A large sum of money.
     3 (lb en slang obsolete US) A dollar.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into
  something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
     3 (lb en transitive baseball) To intentionally hit the batter with a
  pitch.
     4 (lb en intransitive of a raven) To croak. <!--Webster 1913
  supplement-->
     5 (lb en transitive music) To pluck and quickly release (a musical
  string).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Plunk
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  plunk
     n.
     1 The dull thud of something landing on a surface.
     2 (lb en slang obsolete) A large sum of money.
     3 (lb en slang obsolete US) A dollar.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To drop or throw something heavily onto or into
  something else, so that it makes a dull sound.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
     3 (lb en transitive baseball) To intentionally hit the batter with a
  pitch.
     4 (lb en intransitive of a raven) To croak. <!--Webster 1913
  supplement-->
     5 (lb en transitive music) To pluck and quickly release (a musical
  string).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Plunk
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Plunk /plˈʌŋk/
  إنقر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  plunk /plˈʌŋk/ 
  praštit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  plunk /plˈʌŋk/ 
  zabrnkání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  plunk /plˈʌŋk/ 
  udeřit

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  plunk /plˈʌŋk/ 
  1. झनकने की आवाज़
        "At the night the man heard the plunk but was unable to see what it is."
  2. सस्ती शराब
        "The poor people can afford plunk only."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  plunk /plˈʌŋk/
  1. éles pengetés
  2. váratlan ütés
  3. erôs pengetés

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  plunk /plˈʌŋk/
  1. (k. dili) mızrapla ses çıkarmak
  2. birden. düşmek
  3. ağır darbe
  4. tam isabetle.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɫəŋk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  156 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 使发声,弹,沉重地坠落;
  n. 使劲投掷,一美元;
  ad. 发出plunk音,确实;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使发砰声,沉重地坠落
     vi. 发砰砰声,支持
     n. 使劲投掷,扑通声,扑通落下

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