## PLUNK

\plˈʌŋk], \plˈʌŋk], \p_l_ˈʌ_ŋ_k]\

## Definitions of PLUNK

- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database

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- > To pluck and release quickly ( a musical string ); to twang .

- > To throw , push , drive heavily , plumply , or suddenly; as , to plunk down a dollar ; also , to hit or strike .

- > To be a truant from ( school ).

- > To make a quick , hollow , metallic , or harsh sound , as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it ; of a raven , to croak .

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

- > a hollow twanging sound

- > ( baseball ) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

- > pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion ; " he plucked the strings of his mandolin "

- > with a short hollow thud ; " plop came the ball down to the corner of the green "

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

- > To pluck and release quickly ( a musical string ); to twang .

- > To throw , push , drive heavily , plumply , or suddenly; as , to plunk down a dollar ; also , to hit or strike .

- > To be a truant from ( school ).

- > To make a quick , hollow , metallic , or harsh sound , as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it ; of a raven , to croak .

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

- > pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion , as of guitar strings; " he plucked the strings of his mandolin "

- > a hollow twanging sound

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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