| VERB | perception | plunk, clop, clump, clunk | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground |
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| contact | plunk, plank, flump, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk down, plump | set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | |
| motion | plunk, dive, plunge | drop steeply | |
| contact | plunk, pluck, pick | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | |
| NOUN | event | plunk | a hollow twanging sound |
| act | plunk, plunker | (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly | |
| ADVERB | all | plunk, plop | with a short hollow thud |
| Sounds | plah'ngk | |
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| Rhymes | bunk ... trunk: 19 rhymes with ahngk... | |
| Meaning | A hollow twanging sound. | |
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| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Verbs | plunk | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground |
| Meaning | (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly. | |
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| Synonym | plunker | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | hit, hitting, striking | The act of contacting one thing with another |
| Meaning | With a short hollow thud. | |
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| Synonym | plop | |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | plop | |
| Meaning | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | clop, clump, clunk | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | golpetear | |
| Nouns | plunk | a hollow twanging sound |
| Meaning | Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | plank, flump, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk down, plump | |
| Broader | set down, put down, place down | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place |
| Spanish | entablar | |
| Meaning | Drop steeply. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The stock market is going to plunk | |
| Synonyms | dive, plunge | |
| Narrower | chute, parachute, jump | Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute |
| crash-dive | descend steeply and rapidly | |
| duck | submerge or plunge / plunge suddenly | |
| nosedive | plunge / plunge nose first | |
| power-dive | make a power dive | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Similar to | plunge, dump | fall abruptly |
| Spanish | caer en picado, desplomarse, hundirse, sumergirse, zambullirse | |
| Catalan | cabussar-se, capbussar-se, enfonsar-se, submergir-se | |
| Meaning | Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | pluck, pick | |
| Narrower | twang | pluck (strings of an instrument) |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
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