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adv
With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
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adv
Directly, exactly, precisely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, not-comparable
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Synonyms: plump, accurately, correctly, dead-nuts, definitely, directly, even, exact, exactly, fully, incisively, just, jump, on target, on the button, on the dot, on the mark, on the money, on the nose, perfectly, plunk, precisely, punctually, right, sharp, slap, slap bang, squarely
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intj
Often reduplicated: used to represent a brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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name
A surname.
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noun
A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: plonk, plump
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noun
A (heavy) blow or hit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A dollar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, obsolete, slang
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noun
A large sum of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, slang
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verb
To move (something) with a sudden push.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal, transitive
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verb
To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: twang
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Often followed by down: to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing, making a dull sound; to plump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, informal, reflexive, transitive
Synonyms: flump, thud
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verb
To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal, transitive
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verb
To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal, transitive
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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verb
Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal, intransitive
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verb
To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
Often followed by down: to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily into or on to a surface or some other thing with a dull sound; to plump down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
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verb
Of a raven: to croak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, informal, transitive
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verb
To play truant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, informal, intransitive
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adverb
with a short hollow thud
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: plop
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noun
(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plunker
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Broader terms: hit, hitting, striking
noun
a hollow twanging sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sound
verb
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pluck, pick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pull, draw, force
Narrower terms: twang
verb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk down, plump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set down, put down, place down
verb
drop steeply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dive, plunge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
Narrower terms: power-dive, nosedive, duck, crash-dive, chute, parachute, jump
verb
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clop, clump, clunk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
History
Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”).
Origin uncertain; possibly the same as plunk (etymology 1), or related to Dutch plenken (“(archaic) to wander around; (Limburg, archaic) to play truant”).
Across languages
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