plonk

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /plɒŋk/
• (US) enPR: plänk, IPA ^(key): /plɑŋk/

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Noun

Singular plonk

Plural plonks

A bottle of plonk

1. (slang) Plonk is a cheap wine.

   He had a headache after a night on the plonk.

2. A plonk is the noise something makes if dropped, especially into liquid.

   She heard the plonk of the coins as she dropped them into the wishing well.

Verb

Plain form plonk

Third-person singular plonks

Past tense plonked

Past participle plonked

Present participle plonking

1. To plonk is to drop something heavily, or sit down heavily.

   He was so tired he just plonked on the sofa when he got home.

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