| 单词 | plunk |
| 释义 | plunk (once / 8295 pages) vnadv To plunk is to abruptly drop an object (or yourself). Your daily routine, for example, might include rushing home after school so you can plunk yourself on the couch to play video games. There are various ways to plunk: A waiter might plunk your hamburger on the table, and you could choose to plunk down a buck as a tip. You can also plunk the string of a guitar or other instrument, by plucking it casually or inexpressively: "I don't really know how to play the ukulele — I just like to plunk the strings." This last meaning is the original one, from an imitation of the sound of a plunk. WORD FAMILYplunk: plunked, plunker, plunking, plunks+/plunker: plunkers USAGE EXAMPLESI would plunk a $1 bill down on the counter in front of him for change. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) For those who’d rather pick up the pace, you can plunk down some greenbacks to supply your troops more quickly. Los Angeles Times(Nov 18, 2016) “Manchester by the Sea” drew raves at its Sundance Film Festival premiere, where Amazon plunked down $10 million for distribution rights. Seattle Times(Nov 14, 2016) 1v set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise Syn|Hyper flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk down place down, put down, set down cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place 2v make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground Syn|Hyper clop, clump, clunk go, sound make a certain noise or sound 3v drop steeply Syn|Hypo|Hyper dive, plunge dump, plunge fall abruptly power-dive make a power dive nosediveplunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft ducksubmerge or plunge suddenly crash-divedescend steeply and rapidly chute, jump, parachutejump from an airplane and descend with a parachute sky dive, skydivejump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 4v pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion Syn|Hypo|Hyper pick, pluck twang pluck (strings of an instrument) draw, force, pull cause to move by pulling 5n a hollow twanging sound Hyper sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 6n (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly Syn|Hyper plunker hit, hitting, striking the act of contacting one thing with another 7adv with a short hollow thud Syn plop |
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