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plonk ¹  (plngk, plngk)

v., n. & adv.

Variant of plunk.

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plonk ²  (plngk)

n. Chiefly British Slang

Cheap or inferior wine.

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[Short for earlier plink-plonk, perhaps alteration of French vin blanc, white wine : vin, wine (from Old French; see vinegar) + blanc, white (from Old French; see blank).]

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plonk¹

vb

(often foll by down) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly he plonked the money on the table

n

the act or sound of plonking

interj

an exclamation imitative of this sound

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plonk²

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Brit, Austral, and NZ informal alcoholic drink, usually wine, esp of inferior quality

[perhaps from French blanc white, as in vin blanc white wine]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plonk - a cheap wine of inferior quality vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially) Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	plonk - the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
Verb	1.	plonk - 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" plunk down, flump, plank, plump, plump down, plunk, plop place down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"

Translations

plonk¹ [plɒŋk] (esp Brit)

A. N (= sound) → golpe m seco, ruido m seco
it fell with a plonk to the floor → cayó al suelo con un ruido seco

B. ADV he went plonk into the stream → cayó ¡zas! en el arroyo
it landed plonk on his cheek → le dio de lleno en la mejilla
plonk in the middle → justo en el medio

C. VT

1. (Mus) → puntear

2. (also plonk down) → dejar caer
to plonk o.s. down → dejarse caer

D. EXCL → plaf

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plonk² [plɒŋk] N (Brit) (= wine) → vino m peleón

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plonk [ˈplɒŋk]

n

(British) (= wine) → vin m ordinaire, pinard m
He couldn't tell the difference between plonk and a decent bottle of wine → Il ne savait pas distinguer un pinard ordinaire d'un vrai cru.

(= dull sound) → son m mat

vt (British) → flanquer
to plonk sth on sth → flanquer qch sur qch

plonk down

vt sep → flanquer
to plonk sth down on sth → flanquer qch sur qch
to plonk o.s. down (on) (= sit down heavily) → s'affaler (sur or dans)
to plonk o.s. down on sth → s'affaler sur qch or dans qch

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plonk¹

n (= noise) → Bums m

adv fall, land → bums, peng; plonk in the middle → genau in die/in der Mitte

vt (inf: also plonk down) (= drop, put down) → hinwerfen, hinschmeißen (inf); (= bang down) → hinknallen (inf), → hinhauen (inf); to plonk oneself (down) → sich hinwerfen, sich hinpflanzen (inf); he plonked himself down in a chair → er warf sich in einen Sessel, er ließ sich in einen Sessel fallen; just plonk yourself down somewhere → hau dich einfach irgendwo hin (inf)

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plonk²

n (Brit inf: = wine) → (billiger) Wein, Gesöff nt (hum, pej)

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plonk¹ [plɒŋk] n (Brit) (fam) (wine) → vino ordinario

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plonk² [plɒŋk]

1. n (sound) → tonfo

2. adv plonk in the middle → nel bel mezzo

3. vt (fam) (also plonk down) → appoggiare pesantemente
to plonk o.s. down → lasciarsi cadere (di peso)
he plonked himself down on the sofa → è crollato sul sofà

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plonk

v plonk [ploŋk]

to place or put noisily and rather clumsily He plonked his books on the table; She plonked herself down in front of the fire. neerplons يَضَعُ بِضَجَّةٍ бухвам (се) plácnout smide; slænge (sich) fallen lassen σωριάζω, σωριάζομαι dejar caer prõmdi viskama انداختن؛ گذاشتن läjäyttää poser bruyamment; (se) laisser tomber dans/sur לִזרוֹק झनकने की आवाज pljusnuti, bubnuti letesz(i magát) meletakkan dengan seenaknya hlunka(st) niður lasciar cadere; lasciarsi cadere 投げ出す 털썩 던지다 drėbti(s) []mest; []mest dgn bunyi kelentung neergooien plumpe, klaske, slenge (seg) ned zwalić arriar(-se) a (se) trânti грохнуть; плюхнуться hodiť (sa) počiti (se) tresnuti falla med en duns, dunsa ner กระแทก küt diye bırakmak 撲通一甩, 使勁投擲 кидати важко پٹخنا đánh rơi/ đặt xuống một cách nặng nề 扑通一甩, 使劲投掷