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PLUNK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

Synonyms:

plunk; plunker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plunk" is a kind of...):

hit; hitting; striking (the act of contacting one thing with another)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hollow twanging sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("plunk" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

plunk (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

Example:

he plucked the strings of his mandolin

Synonyms:

pick; pluck; plunk

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "plunk" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plunk"):

twang (pluck (strings of an instrument))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

He planked himself into the sofa

Synonyms:

flump; plank; plonk; plop; plump; plump down; plunk; plunk down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "plunk" is one way to...):

place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Drop steeply

Example:

the stock market plunged

Synonyms:

dive; plunge; plunk

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "plunk" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Verb group:

dump; plunge (fall abruptly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "plunk"):

power-dive (make a power dive)

nosedive (plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft)

duck (submerge or plunge suddenly)

crash-dive (descend steeply and rapidly)

chute; jump; parachute (jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The stock market is going to plunk

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

clop; clump; clunk; plunk

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "plunk" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

plunk (a hollow twanging sound)

 III. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With a short hollow thud

Example:

plop came the ball down to the corner of the green

Synonyms:

plop; plunk

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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