plonkverb
uk/plɒŋk/us/plɑːŋk/plonk verb (PUT DOWN)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] mainly UK US usually plunk to put something down heavily and without taking care:
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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plonk verb (INSTRUMENT)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] also plunk to play a musical instrument, usually not very well but often loudly:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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plonknoun [ U ]
uk/plɒŋk/us/plɑːŋk/plonk noun [ U ] (SOUND)
US usually plunk a hollow sound like that made when an object is dropped heavily onto a surface:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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plonk noun [ U ] (WINE)
UK informal cheap wine, especially wine that is not of good quality:
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Wines & winemaking
- -bodied
- amontillado
- Bordeaux
- breathe
- brut
- bubbly
- lay
- magnum
- Marsala
- martini
- nose
- oaky
- oenophile
- red wine
- rough
- vintner
- viticulture
- white wine
- wine
- wine cooler
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plonkadverb
uk/plɒŋk/us/plɑːŋk/US usually plunkmaking a hollow sound like that made when an object is dropped heavily onto a surface:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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