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   Plunk

   /pləNGk/

   

   verb

   • 1. play a keyboard or plucked stringed instrument, especially in an inexpressive or unskilled way: "I got a guitar when I was twelve and started plunking away on it"
   • 2. hit (someone) abruptly: US "he plunked him in the back"
   • 3. put or set (something) down heavily or abruptly: North American "she plunked her purse on top of the bar"
   • ▪ pay (money) on the spot or abruptly: "I gladly plunked down my ten dollars"
   • ▪ sit down in a hurried or undignified way: "she plunks herself down on the stool"

   noun

   • 1. the sound made by abruptly plucking a string of a stringed instrument: "the singing was punctuated by the plunks of the guitar"
   • 2. a heavy blow. US

   Word Origin early 19th century: imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plunker noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • L

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   • U

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   • N

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   • K

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