variant of plunk
1
: to pluck or hit so as to produce a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound
2
: to set down suddenly : plump
Examples of plonk in a Sentence
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Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
But will Jacquet agree to alter what feels like a feature-length selfie, in which the director plonks himself in frame for a great many of the shots and then waxes poetic over the remaining images?
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
Afterward, schoolchildren were invited in to plonk around on a Steinway.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Icelandic Turf Houses Are Old-School Green With a Viking Twist Cob, Adobe, or Straw Bale Garden Buildings There are, of course, plenty of other ways to construct buildings that feel almost like an organic addition to your garden and not some foreign object that has just been plonked into place.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
Its 114 bedrooms are in the main farmhouse, plus privacy-aiding cabins and huts plonked in over 100 acres of countryside and even an artificial lake.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 May 2023
Consider buildings that are an organic addition to your garden, not just some foreign object that has been plonked into place.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
There are clusters of gravestones, an odd one plonked in the middle of a paddy.
—Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
And other players will—for perhaps the first time—have a real incentive to plonk down money of their own.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
Actual wine was a pretty basic plonk at first, unornamented by comments about bouquet or terroir, so cheap and so plentiful that it was often poured free with restaurant meals.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
The debut of Shaw—sold for as little as $1.99 a bottle at Trader Joe’s and known as Two Buck Chuck—spawned a reverse snobbery: People boasted of finding a drinkable plonk for a pittance.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Grandma drank two glasses of William’s homemade plonk.
—Miriam Toews, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
It’s almost like discovering how incredible an aged Bordeaux can taste after years of drinking plonk.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
Later, microphones picked up a booming plonk when Cody Parkey’s kick hit the right upright on a point-after attempt.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
These whiskey makers churned out dozens of different brands ranging from headache-inducing plonk to venerable greats such as Redbreast and Jameson.
—Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
In the 1980s, the Okanagan Valley, which extends about 125 miles north from the border with Washington State, was known for its apple and peach orchards, bargain lakeside beach vacations and wine dismissed by oenophiles as undrinkable plonk.
—Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020
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Verb
Taurus Systems has proposed a few variant Taurus missiles, including models designed to launch from the open rear ramp of cargo aircraft (Taurus T), or surface-launched from containers that could be plonked onto trucks or ships (Taurus CL).
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
But will Jacquet agree to alter what feels like a feature-length selfie, in which the director plonks himself in frame for a great many of the shots and then waxes poetic over the remaining images?
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
Afterward, schoolchildren were invited in to plonk around on a Steinway.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Icelandic Turf Houses Are Old-School Green With a Viking Twist Cob, Adobe, or Straw Bale Garden Buildings There are, of course, plenty of other ways to construct buildings that feel almost like an organic addition to your garden and not some foreign object that has just been plonked into place.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
Its 114 bedrooms are in the main farmhouse, plus privacy-aiding cabins and huts plonked in over 100 acres of countryside and even an artificial lake.
—Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 May 2023
Consider buildings that are an organic addition to your garden, not just some foreign object that has been plonked into place.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Mar. 2023
There are clusters of gravestones, an odd one plonked in the middle of a paddy.
—Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
And other players will—for perhaps the first time—have a real incentive to plonk down money of their own.
—Brett Knight, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
Noun
The plonk will be expertly paired with a selection of local Kiwi snacks, naturally.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
Actual wine was a pretty basic plonk at first, unornamented by comments about bouquet or terroir, so cheap and so plentiful that it was often poured free with restaurant meals.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
The debut of Shaw—sold for as little as $1.99 a bottle at Trader Joe’s and known as Two Buck Chuck—spawned a reverse snobbery: People boasted of finding a drinkable plonk for a pittance.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Grandma drank two glasses of William’s homemade plonk.
—Miriam Toews, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
It’s almost like discovering how incredible an aged Bordeaux can taste after years of drinking plonk.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
Later, microphones picked up a booming plonk when Cody Parkey’s kick hit the right upright on a point-after attempt.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
These whiskey makers churned out dozens of different brands ranging from headache-inducing plonk to venerable greats such as Redbreast and Jameson.
—Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
In the 1980s, the Okanagan Valley, which extends about 125 miles north from the border with Washington State, was known for its apple and peach orchards, bargain lakeside beach vacations and wine dismissed by oenophiles as undrinkable plonk.
—Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020
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Noun
short for earlier plink-plonk, perhaps modification of French vin blanc white wine
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