Plunk

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “They listened and could hear the steady plunk, plunk of an axe somewhere far above them.”

2. isim A (heavy) blow or hit.
3. isim A dollar.

   “Den I gives him a five-plunk piece, and he gins me the shange.”

4. isim A large sum of money.
5. zarf With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface.
6. zarf Directly, exactly, precisely.

   “[I]t's one thing to be buried with all your pleasures, like Sardanapalus; it's another to be buried right plunk in front of them, where you can see them.”

7. ünlem 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.

   “Look at me; is my eye dilated? do you notice a quiver anywhere? Feel my pulse: plunk—plunk—plunk—same as if I were asleep.”

8. fiil To move (something) with a sudden push.

   “The moving galley's bow was plunking them [oars] back through their own oar-holes, and I could hear no end of a shindy in the decks below.”

9. fiil Chiefly followed by down or out: to pay (money); to plank.

   “Just let them tell him a thing is pretty and fashionable, and Matthew plunks his money down for it.”

10. fiil 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.

    “Her friends were boggled by how long it took her to plunk out simple texts, but Kate says she learned skills her peers have never had to master.”

11. fiil 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.

    “Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar.”

12. fiil To hit or injure (someone or something); also, to shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.

    “Say, I jes' jumped d' bar, an' d' way I plunked [hit] dat bloke was outa sight. See? Dat's right! In d' jaw!”

13. fiil To pitch a ball in a way that it hits (a player).

    “The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.”

14. fiil To make a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface; to thud.
15. fiil Followed by for: to choose, to opt; to plump.
16. fiil 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.

    “[D]eafening was what H. V. W. would call the din from the rock stars' dressing rooms where electric guitars whined, drums rattled, sitars plunked; and marijuana made the air a tender blue.”

17. fiil 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.
18. fiil Of a raven: to croak.
19. fiil To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant.
20. fiil To play truant.

    “Unless we repented and humbly begged for mercy … I might as well tell lies, break crockery, kick the cat, plunk from school, and enjoy my transgressions.”

21. özel isim A surname.