plonking

plunk  (plngk) also plonk (plngk, plngk)

v. plunked also plonked, plunk·ing also plonk·ing, plunks also plonks

v.tr.

1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.

2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

v.intr.

1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.

2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.

n.

1. Informal A heavy blow or stroke.

2. A short hollow twanging sound.

adv. Informal

1. With a short hollow thud.

2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.

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[Imitative.]

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plunker n.

plunky adj.

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plonking [ˈplɒŋkɪŋ]

adj

foolish, clumsy, or inept his plonking response to the princess's death