plunk
English Thesaurus
1. (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly (noun.act)
| domain category | : | baseball, baseball game, |
| definition | : | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act) |
2. a hollow twanging sound (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | sound, |
| definition | : | the sudden occurrence of an audible event (noun.event) |
3. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | twang, |
| definition | : | pluck (strings of an instrument) (verb.contact) |
4. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | place down, put down, set down, |
| definition | : | cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place (verb.contact) |
5. drop steeply (verb.motion)
| hyponym | : | power-dive, |
| definition | : | make a power dive (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | nosedive, |
| definition | : | plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | duck, |
| definition | : | submerge or plunge suddenly (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | crash-dive, |
| definition | : | descend steeply and rapidly (verb.motion) |
6. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground (verb.perception)
7. with a short hollow thud (adv.all)
| domain usage | : | colloquialism, |
| definition | : | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication) |
8. a hollow twanging sound (noun.event)
9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | pluck, |
| definition | : | the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord (noun.act) |
10. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | plonk, |
| definition | : | the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) (noun.event) |
11. drop steeply (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | plunge, |
| definition | : | a steep and rapid fall (noun.event) |
12. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | plunk, |
| definition | : | a hollow twanging sound (noun.event) |
13. a hollow twanging sound (noun.event)
14. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | pluck, |
| definition | : | the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord (noun.act) |
15. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | plonk, |
| definition | : | the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) (noun.event) |
16. drop steeply (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | plunge, |
| definition | : | a steep and rapid fall (noun.event) |
17. make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | plunk, |
| definition | : | a hollow twanging sound (noun.event) |
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