PLUNK

• (noun) (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

  synonyms : plunker

• (noun) a hollow twanging sound

• (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

  "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

  synonyms : pick , pluck

• (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

  "He planked the money on the table", "He planked himself into the sofa"

  synonyms : flump , plank , plonk , plop , plump , plump down , plunk down

• (verb) drop steeply

  "the stock market plunged"

  synonyms : dive , plunge

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

  synonyms : clop , clump , clunk

• (adverb) with a short hollow thud

  "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"

  synonyms : plop

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