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   plunk

   /plʌŋk/

   verb

   • 1. play a keyboard or plucked stringed instrument in an inexpressive way: "I got a guitar when I was twelve and started plunking away on it"
   • 2. hit (someone) abruptly: US "he plunked him in the back"
   • 3. set down heavily or abruptly: North American "she plunked her pack on top of the bar"
   • ▪ pay a sum of money: "I plunked down £14.95 for the new paperback edition"

   noun

   • 1. the sound made by abruptly plucking a string of a stringed instrument: "the singing was punctuated by the plunks of the guitar"
   • 2. a heavy blow. US

   Word Origin early 19th century: imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plunker noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • L

     1

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   • N

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