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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abruptly, bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, blow, bonk, bump, cast, chink, chop, chuck, clap, click, clink, clip, clobber, clop, clout, clump, clunk, coldcock, crack, crump, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, dint, dive, drop, drub, drubbing, drumming, dull thud, exactly, fall, fetch, fetch a blow, flick, fling, flump, flush, full, fusillade, hastily, hit, hit a clip, hurl, impetuously, impulsively, jab, kerplunk, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, nose-dive, of a sudden, on short notice, pad, parachute, paste, pat, patter, pelt, pick, pitapat, pitch, pitter-patter, plank, plop, pluck, plumb, plummet, plump, plunge, point-blank, poke, pop, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely, punch, rap, right, sharp, skin-dive, sky-dive, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smack-dab, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, sound, spang, square, squarely, startlingly, stoop, straight, strike, strike at, stroke, strum, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, swat, sweep the strings, swing, swipe, swoop, swoop down, take a header, tap, tattoo, throw, thrum, thrust, thud, thump, thwack, tick, tinkle, toss, tunk, twang, unawares, unexpectedly, wallop, whack, wham, whop, without notice, without warning, yerk
Dictionary Results for plunk:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
plunk
    adv 1: with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the
           corner of the green" [syn: plop, plunk]
    n 1: a hollow twanging sound
    2: (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly [syn:
       plunk, plunker]
    v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves
         striking the ground [syn: clop, clump, clunk,
         plunk]
    2: 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" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk,
       plump down, plunk down, plump]
    3: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: dive,
       plunge, plunk]
    4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
       the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Plunk \Plunk\, v. t. [Imitative.] [Chiefly Colloq.]
   1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as,
      to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. To be a truant from (school). [Scot.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Plunk \Plunk\, v. i. [Chiefly Colloq.]
   1. 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.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. To play truant, or "hooky". [Scot.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Plunk \Plunk\, n.
   1. Act or sound of plunking. [Colloq.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. [Slang]
      (a) A large sum of money. [Obs.]
      (b) A dollar. [U. S.]
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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