Thesaurus results for PLONKING

plunking

verb

variants or plonking

Definition of plunking next

present participle of plunk

as in plopping

to throw or set down clumsily or casually plunked a battered hat on his head

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Recent Examples of plunking Fuentes was shaky at first, plunking Orioles third baseman Colin Yeaman with his third pitch. —

Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026 Inheriting two baserunners from Snell with one out, Yamamoto loaded the bases by plunking Kirk. —

Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026 The second inning began with Brown plunking Ryan O’Hearn. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025 Nolan Gorman and Mason Wynn led off the ninth with back-to-back singles, then Walker loaded the bases by plunking Jimmy Crooks. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025

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Verb

The design is meant to be sleeker than just plopping in the lighting.

— Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
But few are as rage-inducing as plopping into a gaping pothole.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026