"plunks" in the noun sense

1. plunk

a hollow twanging sound

2. plunk, plunker

baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

"plunks" in the verb sense

1. clop, clump, clunk, plunk

make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

2. 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"

3. dive, plunge, plunk

drop steeply

"the stock market plunged"

4. pluck, plunk, pick

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

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