Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plunk
Participle: plunked
Gerund: plunking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | plunk |
| you | plunk |
| he;she;it | plunks |
| we | plunk |
| you | plunk |
| they | plunk |
Perfect
| I | have plunked |
| you | have plunked |
| he;she;it | has plunked |
| we | have plunked |
| you | have plunked |
| they | have plunked |
Past
| I | plunked |
| you | plunked |
| he;she;it | plunked |
| we | plunked |
| you | plunked |
| they | plunked |
Pluperfect
| I | had plunked |
| you | had plunked |
| he;she;it | had plunked |
| we | had plunked |
| you | had plunked |
| they | had plunked |
Future
| I | will plunk |
| you | will plunk |
| he;she;it | will plunk |
| we | will plunk |
| you | will plunk |
| they | will plunk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plunked |
| you | will have plunked |
| he;she;it | will have plunked |
| we | will have plunked |
| you | will have plunked |
| they | will have plunked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plunk |
| you | plunk |
| he;she;it | plunk |
| we | plunk |
| you | plunk |
| they | plunk |
Perfect
| I | have plunked |
| you | have plunked |
| he;she;it | have plunked |
| we | have plunked |
| you | have plunked |
| they | have plunked |
Imperfect
| I | plunked |
| you | plunked |
| he;she;it | plunked |
| we | plunked |
| you | plunked |
| they | plunked |
Pluperfect
| I | had plunked |
| you | had plunked |
| he;she;it | had plunked |
| we | had plunked |
| you | had plunked |
| they | had plunked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plunk |
| you | would plunk |
| he;she;it | would plunk |
| we | would plunk |
| you | would plunk |
| they | would plunk |
Perfect
| I | would have plunked |
| you | would have plunked |
| he;she;it | would have plunked |
| we | would have plunked |
| you | would have plunked |
| they | would have plunked |
Imperative
| you | plunk |
| we | Let's plunk |
| you | plunk |
Verbs conjugated like 'plunk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plunk'
clunk,
flunk,
plank,
plink,
plonk,
pluck,
punk,
blank,
blenk,
blink,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink.
2. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”). See: French '
plonquer'.
Sample Sentences
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The moving galley's bow was plunking them [oars] back through their own oar-holes, and I could hear no end of a shindy in the decks below. [1893, Rudyard Kipling, “The Disturber of Traffic”, in Many Inventions, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 16:]
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Just let them tell him a thing is pretty and fashionable, and Matthew plunks his money down for it. [1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “The Hotel Concert”, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, published August 1909, →OCLC, page 373:]
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Your bass teacher loathed you for loathing the instrument. Every lesson was the same: You would plunk out a few notes, and he would stop you. "Did you practice?" / "Some," you would say. / "You have to practice." / "I know." / Practicing was the most boring thing you had ever done. Plunk plunk plunk (rest). Plunk plunk plunk (rest). That was pretty much how the double bass part went in every piece of music your teacher assigned you. He was right, you never practiced. [2010, Joan Wickersham, “The Boys’ School, or The News from Spain”, in Sven Birkerts, editor, AGNI, number 72, Boston, Mass.: Boston University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26:]
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Her friends were boggled by how long it took her to plunk out simple texts, but Kate says she learned skills her peers have never had to master. [2025 September 6, Catherine Pearson, “She Started the Debate About Kids and Phones. Now She Wants to End It.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:]
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Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar.
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Exhausted, she plunked herself on the sofa.
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Say, I jes' jumped d' bar, an' d' way I plunked [hit] dat bloke was outa sight. See? Dat's right! In d' jaw! [1896, Stephen Crane, chapter V, in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 43:]
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The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.
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[D]eafening was what H. V. W. would call the din from the rock stars' dressing rooms where electric guitars whined, drums rattled, sitars plunked; and marijuana made the air a tender blue. [1978, Gore Vidal, chapter 3, in Kalki […], New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 153:]