kerplunk
[ ker-pluhngk ]
adverb
with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
Origin of 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 CraneThen I began to fly—drift down, and all of a sudden, kerplunk, I fell out of bed.
Mitch Miller | Edgar Lee MastersAnd can't you see those brave women stealers go kerplunk down into the trenches?
The Pathless Trail | Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) FrielBut 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
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