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plonk.

The sound made by something solid landing.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

intj/plɒŋk/UK/plɑŋk/US
  1. The sound made by something solid landing.

  2. The supposed sound of adding a user to one's kill file.

    Internet
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.

noun/plɒŋk/UK/plɑŋk/US
  1. The sound of something solid landing.

    countable
    I just heard a plonk – did something fall down in the kitchen?
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.

verb/plɒŋk/UK/plɑŋk/US
  1. To set or toss (something) down carelessly.

    transitive
    When you’ve finished with the sponge, just plonk it back in the sink.
  2. To sit down heavily and without ceremony.

    reflexive
  3. To automatically ignore or block a particular poster.

    Internet · transitive
    I got tired of his trolling and ad hominem attacks, so I plonked him.
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.

adv/plɒŋk/UK/plɑŋk/US
  1. Precisely and forcefully.

    not-comparable
    He dropped his bag of tools plonk in the middle of the table.
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic. Compare plunk.

noun/plɒŋk/UK/plɑŋk/US
  1. Cheap or inferior everyday wine.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · informal · uncountable
  2. AC Plonk

    historical · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From WWI military slang, derived by alteration of French vin blanc (“white wine”) by the law of Hobson-Jobson. Recorded earliest in the playful rhyming slang form plinketty-plonk. Possibly influenced by the sound of wine being poured into a glass.

noun/plɒŋk/UK/plɑŋk/US
  1. A female police constable.

    Ireland · UK · countable · derogatory · slang
    Chris and that plonk had better be flushing the scum out.
Where this word comes from

Probably a shortening of plonker.

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