kerplunk

[ ker-pluhngk ]

adverb
  1. with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.

Origin of kerplunk

1
First recorded in 1885–90; see origin at ker-, plunk

Words Nearby kerplunk

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How to use kerplunk in a sentence

  • The potato missed Jasper Jay by less than an inch, bringing up kerplunk!

    The Tale of Rusty Wren | Arthur Scott Bailey
  • "That colour of hair and eyes always knocks me kerplunk," observed Hollanden softly.

    The Third Violet | Stephen Crane
  • Then I began to fly—drift down, and all of a sudden, kerplunk, I fell out of bed.

    Mitch Miller | Edgar Lee Masters
  • And can't you see those brave women stealers go kerplunk down into the trenches?

    The Pathless Trail | Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
  • But at the sound of the approach of a human being, they went kerflop-kerplunk, down into the water.

    Toaster's Handbook | Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers