plonk
inferior or cheap wine.
Origin of plonk
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How to use plonk in a sentence
Just cobble it together, plonk it on your head, and smile a lot.
Why not plonk yourself and your guests in front of the warm glow of the television set this holiday weekend?
Suddenly I fall over something—plonk into the middle of some excavated earth, which the rain has made into semolina pudding.
Letters to Helen | Keith HendersonSuddenly we heard a musical and distant wail, something flew past the window, and there was a wee "plonk."
A Company of Tanks | W. H. L. WatsonThere was a heavy plonk and a rush of feet as Knollys, who had watched fascinated, ran down the companion-way with another man.
Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles
Something would go plonk when the trigger was pulled on an empty chamber, so I did some dry practice at the crests of waves.
Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for plonk (1 of 2)
/ (plɒŋk) /
(often foll by down) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly: he plonked the money on the table
the act or sound of plonking
an exclamation imitative of this sound
British Dictionary definitions for plonk (2 of 2)
/ (plɒŋk) /
British, Australian and NZ informal alcoholic drink, usually wine, esp of inferior quality
Origin of plonk
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