Thesaurus results for PLUNKED

plunked

verb

variants or plonked

past tense of plunk

as in plopped

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

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Recent Examples of plunked Canning picked off Carrigg after the San Diego State alum was plunked by a pitch to lead off the sixth. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026 Adell, who homered in the third inning, took three straight balls from O’Brien (3-4) before getting plunked by the next pitch to force in the winning run. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 The result was a complex of squat, one- or two-level buildings with metal and glass siding, surrounded by a moat of parking spaces, with Google signs plunked into the dirt out front. — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026 Handily, there is a Hollywood-esque REGENT sign plonked right there, should their Instagram followers ever forget where those selfies were taken. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 Bottalico plunked Bonds during a game between the Phillies and San Francisco Giants, sparking the only time Bonds charged the mound. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 Jared Young was plunked with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, sparking a five-run rally that lifted the New York Mets to a 6-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 After Crow-Armstrong stole second, Kuhnel plunked Bregman before walking Michael Busch on four pitches to force in the go-ahead run. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 Tim Hill plunked pinch-hitter Jacob Gonzalez and Tristan Peters with pitches before getting an out. — CBS News, 19 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunked

plopped

Verb

Muchová went up 3-1 early with a crouching forehand volley that just plopped inside the court, prompting applause from Gauff and a disbelieving shake of the head from Muchová.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 July 2026
But about two years ago, when the Markley Group plopped its second cooling tank behind her above-ground swimming pool, along with a growing number of surveillance cameras, the relationship had soured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026