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Meanings of plunk in English

Portuguese
mergulhar
Catalan
enfonsar-se
Spanish
desplomarse

Drop steeply.

        mergulhar

        Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.

            Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.

                  Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.

                        Usage of plunk in English
                        1
                        He'd always go plunk over to the left side of the road.
                        Tom Slade's Double Dare
                        2
                        Buy Right Before you plunk down your plastic, ask yourself a few questions.
                        Wired
                        3
                        I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten.
                        Fahrenheit 451
                        4
                        Don't plunk down all the money you've set aside for annuities at once.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        Maybe you aren't ready to sign the contract and plunk down the dough.
                        Ebony
                        6
                        But you'll find George on that little plunk of a rock.
                        The Runaway Asteroid
                        7
                        Bill said, 'Aye, aye, sir, give me time and I'll plunk her sure.'
                        A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
                        8
                        The cork, punctured with short nails to give it weight, lands with a plunk.
                        Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
                        9
                        Plus, cities can plunk plants or even trees in the centers of these semi-diverters.
                        Wired
                        10
                        Gittes takes a handkerchief and wipes away the plunk of perspiration on his desk.
                        Chinatown
                        11
                        Give me some room, and I'll plunk it back in.
                        Dolly departed
                        12
                        The KCIA caught them, but the guy reached up, twisted a molar, and plunk!
                        Mortal Allies
                        13
                        One almost forgot there was war under the charm of that scene until plunk!
                        Soldier Silhouettes on Our Front
                        14
                        He could hear the soft plunk, plunk of her rubber heels on the marble steps.
                        The City of Fire
                        15
                        Feel my pulse: plunk-plunk-plunk-same as if I were asleep.
                        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
                        16
                        I'm glad there are dreamers not industry-drunk, surrounded by schemers whose god is the plunk.
                        Rippling Rhymes
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                        Translations for plunk
                        Portuguese
                        mergulhar
                        Plunk through the time
                        Plunk across language varieties
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