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 Op de Beeck seemed right at home plunked on one of his polyester Chesterfields, observing the artisans quietly assembling leather goods beyond the bamboo. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 At the restaurant, tables plonked in the sand feel intimate and experiential as well as immersed in the changing colors of the sunset sky. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026 With no room for error, Webb walked Andruw Monasterio to gift the Red Sox one run, then plunked Mickey Gasper to gift them another. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026 Martinez gave up a leadoff single to Springer, then plunked Gimenez with two outs and gave up an RBI double to Straw. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 Iglesias plunked Heliot Ramos and that was all Braves manager Walt Weiss needed to see. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunked

plopped

Verb

This is different to me than, say, a re-creation of the Eiffel Tower being plopped into Las Vegas, which is preying on replication as generic spectacle.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
In the comics, Battleworld stitched together all the different worlds and plopped every hero and their variants into a new universe.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026