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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Plunk

/plŭngk/ · IPA /plʌŋk/
01 v. t. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.
  1. 1.
    To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.[Chiefly Colloq.]
  2. 2.
    To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or strike.
  3. 3.
    To be a truant from (school).[Scot.]
02 v. i. 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.
  1. 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.[Chiefly Colloq.]
  2. 2.
    To drop or sink down suddenly or heavily; to plump.
  3. 3.
    To play truant, or “hooky”.[Scot.]
03 n. Act or sound of plunking.
  1. 1.
    Act or sound of plunking.[Colloq.]
  2. 2.
    A large sum of money.[Slang]