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Noun
S:
(n)
plunk
(a hollow twanging sound)
S:
(n)
plunk
,
plunker
((baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly)
Verb
S:
(v)
clop
,
clump
,
clunk
,
plunk
(make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
S:
(v)
plank
,
flump
,
plonk
,
plop
,
plunk
,
plump down
,
plunk down
,
plump
(set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise)
"He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
S:
(v)
dive
,
plunge
,
plunk
(drop steeply)
"the stock market plunged"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
verb group
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
plunge
[Related to:
plunge
] (a steep and rapid fall)
derivationally related form
Overview
synset
sentence frame
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
[Applies to
dive
] The stock market is going to dive
[Applies to
dive
] The airplane is sure to dive
[Applies to
plunge
] The stock market is going to plunge
[Applies to
plunge
] The airplane is sure to plunge
[Applies to
plunk
] The stock market is going to plunk
S:
(v)
pluck
,
plunk
,
pick
(pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion)
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
twang
(pluck (strings of an instrument))
"He twanged his bow"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Adverb
S:
(adv)
plop
,
plunk
(with a short hollow thud)
"plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"