intj
Meaning 1
Used to indicate a thudding sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
kerplunk
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈplʌŋk/
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Received-Pronunciation: kə-plŭngkʹ
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /kə(ɹ)ˈplʌŋk/
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General-American: kər-plŭngkʹ
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rhymes with -ʌŋk
noun
Meaning 2
A sound of someone or something falling and landing heavily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kerchunk, plunk, thud
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A disappointment which comes as a surprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, figuratively, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To make the sound of falling and landing heavily; to thud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From ker- (prefix forming onomatopoeias imitating the effect or sound of a heavy object falling) + plunk (“dull thud of something landing on a surface”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tumps — used to indicate a thudding sound
- Finnish: tumpsis — used to indicate a thudding sound
- French: patatras — used to indicate a thudding sound
- German: krach — used to indicate a thudding sound
- German: bum — used to indicate a thudding sound
- Walloon: bardaf — used to indicate a thudding sound
- Finnish: shokkipettymys — (slang) disappointment which comes as a surprise
- Macedonian: разочару́вање (razočarúvanje) — (slang) disappointment which comes as a surprise