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plunk
A	noun
	1	plunk, plunker
			(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚accomplishment; achievement ╚deed; feat; effort; exploit ╚touch; touching ╚hit; hitting; striking ╚plunk, plunker
	2	plunk
			a hollow twanging sound
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚sound ╚plunk
B	verb
	1	pluck, plunk, pick
			pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚pull; draw; force ╚pluck, plunk, pick ╚twang
	2	plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
			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"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚set down; put down; place down ╚plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
	3	dive, plunge, plunk
			drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚descend; fall; go down; come down ╚dive, plunge, plunk ╚parachute; jump ╚crash-dive ╚duck ╚nosedive ╚power-dive
	4	clop, clump, clunk, plunk
			make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
		Category Tree: cause to be perceived ╚sound; go ╚clop, clump, clunk, plunk
C	adverb
	1	plop, plunk
			with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green"

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