Synonyms for plunk
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
Exhausted, she plunked herself on the sofa.
- v. 2
To move (something) with a sudden push.
- v. 3
Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
- n. 1
A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
Related words
- Word family
- plunker
Example sentences
- plop We hear the plop of a frog jumping into the canal.
- flump Heaving a great sigh I plunk my bread on the table and flump onto the chair.
- pick Could you send someone up to pick up some laundry?
- plunge The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
By length
- 4 letters
- pick1, dive1, thud1, plop1, clop
- 5 letters
- plank1, pluck1, clump1, twang1, clunk1, plonk, flump
- 6 letters
- plunge1
- 7 letters
- plunker2
- 8 letters
- kerplunk, kerchunk
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (plunker2 = 2 syllables).