Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plunk"
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) 1.7 (wn)
plunk
n 1: a hollow twanging sound
2: the act of hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
[syn: {plunker}]
adv : (informal) 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; "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, as of
guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
[syn: {pluck}, {pick}]
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