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PLONK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise of something dropping (as into liquid)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("plonk" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

plonk (set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cheap wine of inferior quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("plonk" is a kind of...):

vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

Example:

He planked himself into the sofa

Synonyms:

flump; plank; plonk; plop; plump; plump down; plunk; plunk down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "plonk" is one way to...):

place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

plonk (the noise of something dropping (as into liquid))

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